Harrison
Jul 8th, 2008
Jul 8th, 2008
Empty Pools
I stumbled across this amazing photo set on Notcot and knew I had to post it. Similar to the abandoned hotel post, photographer Gigi Cifali traveled around the UK, shooting empty pools that had been abandoned or shut down. There’s no direct link to the gallery, but you can check out some of my favorite pools after the jump. It’s interesting to see the lack of transitions in all these pools. I don’t know my pool history, but I’d be interested to learn when they started building transitions into pools.
Check out the whole series on Gigi Cifali’s site and some of my favorites after the jump.
Pools in the uk tend to be square like that I think its american pool builders that make them transitioned.
The transitions in pools comes from California, because the water in the pool used to become ice in winter and if the pools were square it would break the structure, because when liquid water turns into solid it increases in size. if the pools were rounded the water level would rise when iced instead of crackink the sides of the pool.
Nice photos of abandoned pools.
there is a pool outside of albany, ny, that from what i understand was built quite a long time ago, that has great trannies, these photos all look like Olympic style pools so maybe its more to do with the type than the age.
the Albany pool is believed to have been built around the turn of the century. the back wall is essentially 11ft of straight tranny, whereas the sidewalls are steeply banked with a little bit of tranny at the bottom. Research into the property brings up mixed results, but some of us feel that the flat of the pool now was added after the pool stopped being used for swimming.
I don’t know if I can grasp the California theory, as water can expand up and not out. and where in Cali do pools freeze in the winter?
I dont know about pool history but i know mine, I used to go to the pool at the bottom of the page every week when i was younger, i went back only at the end of last year and must have been one of the last lot of people to swim in it, the place hadnt changed abit in over 20 years of going there! really weird to see it finally abandoned now, infact there is a certain eiry feeling about looking at any derilict pools, or is that just me?! ha.
In Cali the pools don’t freeze, but some countries tought was beautiful to have pools like the americans and built some.
In Brasil we have a pool like this, they don’t freeze in winter, but they are the same style… not functional, just good looking.
Check some pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedpaula/sets/72157600040829219/ in an abandoned club.
I heard that the pools in cali that are made with trannies are built like this for earthquake reasons… If the pools were square then they would pull apart in the cornered areas a lot easier, if they are trannied the i guess its not as easy! I hate putting things in writing hahaha, i know what i mean! The freezing over theory does seem not quite right…
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