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
Brand-new swimming pool in the basement of North Hall, 1928
Aquatic League, founded at River Falls in 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 1929 swimming competition held in the North Hall pool
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
Swimming classes in the North Hall swimming pool
Life Saving classes were held in the North Hall pool, this one from the 1947-48 school year
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
Open swim time on Sunday afternoons in the North Hall pool, 1955
Dave Van Ess diving in the North Hall pool, May 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
Swimming pool in the basement of North Hall being filled in to create classroom space, 1980