AUCKLAND MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK
On the Park side of the Bath, a building, containing 56 dressing boxes, Caretaker's Quarters and Office, and a commodious grand stand, has been built on a foundation of reinforced concrete piles and beams.
PARNELL SALT WATER BATH was erected on the beach at Point Resolution, and was officially opened on 7th March, 1914. Access is obtained by 144 steps, which zig-zag down the face of the cliff.
The swimming pool is 194 feet long, with a maximum width of 149 feet, and is enclosed by massive concrete walls. The natural sea bed forms the bottom of the bath, providing an average depth of water at ordinary tides of 2 feet to 7 feet. Water is obtained from the sea through sluices in the north wall. A hardwood fence has been constructed on the two seaward walls, to ensure the safety of bathers. Commodious dressing sheds, each equipped with shower baths, for women, men, girls, and boys, are placed on the west, east, and south sides of the pond. Mixed bathing, under strict rules, is permitted. The situation of this Bath renders it suitable for sun-bathing.
HOBSON STREET BATHS are situated at the junction of Customs Street and Sturdee Street, and were erected, under contract, by Messrs. J. T. Julian & Sons, at a cost of £10,673, and were opened on the 17th December, 1914. (See illustration opposite page 90).
The site was formerly a portion of the harbour, and the whole of the building had to be carried on
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