Encyclopedia Dubuque
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POOL, Swimming
POOL, Swimming (earliest). The oldest private swimming pool in Dubuque is believed to be located in the J. C. GARLAND-1090 LANGWORTHY home built in 1907.
Directly inside a back door, the pool, measuring 15 feet long, 7.5 feet wide, and 3.5 to 5 feet deep, was originally filled with rainwater. Children unable to swim wore a flotation device attached to a cable strung across the pool. Garland's daughter, a student of athletics in college, gave neighborhood children swimming lessons in the pool during her summer vacation.
