Concrete diving boards

Category

Library Item

Item no

7876

Title

Concrete diving boards

Description

The concrete diving boards of the partially complete outdoor swimming pool at Portobello in Edinburgh stand above the drained pool below. Behind the boards is one completed seating area while on the other side is on in the process of completion. Loose timber floats in the pool water of the diving area.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1935

Size

20.2 x 15.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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Portobello's outdoor swimming pool was opened in 1936. It was equipped with diving boards and a wave machine, and was open between May and September. The pool's proximity to a power station gave it access to heated water, but also meant that it had to be covered for the duration of World War II to prevent it being used as a marker by German bombers. The actor Sean Connery served as a Portobello lifeguard in the post war period. The pool was closed in 1979, not long after the power station, and the area is now used for five-a-side football.

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Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Construction sites

Places > Edinburgh areas > Portobello

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Sports and recreation facilities > Diving boards

Sport and leisure > Sports and recreation facilities > Swimming pools