Crystal Pool

by Liz Albro

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Crystal Pool

Artist

Liz Albro

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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According to the National Park Service, the Crystal Pool at the Glen Echo Amusement Park was built in 1931 at a cost over $200,000. It was designed to accommodate 3,000 swimmers, and included high and low diving platforms, a large water slide, a refreshment stand, and locker rooms. The general swimming area also featured an electric water fountain with rainbow lighting at night, blue-white flood lights, and an elaborate filtration system that filtered the entire 500,000 gallons of pool water every eight hours. A popular attraction through several decades, the amusement park and pool closed in 1968. In the early 2000s, NPS restored the entrance to the pool (although behind the door, there is no longer a pool. Glen Echo has other functions now, but this entrance facade captures a time gone by.

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October 1st, 2019

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