Wayne Natatorium

Wayne Natatorium is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Wayne, Delaware County, dedicated 2010.

Willow Ave & Radnor Street Rd. at Cowan Park, Wayne

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Among the largest open-air in-ground swimming pools in the US when it opened here in 1895, it measured 500 feet by 100 feet. The spring-fed pool hosted National Swimming Association championships in the late 19th century. Although female swimmers were unable to participate in competitive events, the Wayne Natatorium was open to women. The pool closed in 1903 as a result of droughts and the shift in popularity to other forms of recreation.

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1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Norristown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Norristown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1896 · Norristown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1902 · Philadelphia and vicinity, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware / Henry Gannett, chief… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering the location of Wayne Natatorium, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Wayne Natatorium

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