UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
Basement
Swimming Pool
A 60' x 20' swimming pool was added in the basement of North Hall with the 1928 addition of the Training School. It had a capacity of 64,000 gallons and was lined with white tile. The pumps changed the water at the rate of 185 gallons a minute. An automatic chlorinator and a large filter of rock, gravel, and sand, kept the pool sanitary. College freshmen were required to take swimming.
Brand-new swimming pool in the basement of North Hall, 1928
A Local chapter of the Aquatic League was organized in the fall of 1928
Coach Claudia Bernice Collectta Florence Marian Jane Myrtle Esther
Charlotte Vassau Sutherland Remley Bonness Bolier Cudd Simonson Bragstad Mattson Chinnock
Curran
Winners of a swimming competition held in the North Hall pool in 1929
John Hammer, Clair Bartosh, Glenn Lund, Beers
Swimming classes in the North Hall swimming pool
Life Saving classes were held in the North Hall pool, this one is from the 1947-48 school year
Top Row: Wattson, Leopoldo Rebollar, Andy Comer, Van Schweinitz, Donald Carlstrom, Southhaul (instructor)
Middle: Maurice Stewart, Alwood Prescott, Ernest Glauner, Fritz Frazier, Leroy DuBois
Bottom: Alice McJilton, Margaret Butler, Harrison, Jean McLaughlin, Joan Johnson, Joan Foster
Open swim time on Sunday afternoons in the North Hall pool, 1955
Dave Van Ess diving in the North Hall pool, May 1955
Swimming pool in the basement of North Hall being filled in to create classroom space, 1980
