Wales Empire Pool, Cardiff the Mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath supplied with rainwater RIBA pix
The Wales Empire Pool, known locally as the Empire Pool, was an international standard swimming pool building, located in Cardiff, Wales from 1958 until it was demolished in 1998. It was a centrepiece for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Background
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The Empire Pool was officially opened on 18 April 1958 by the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, J. H. Morgan. Constructed, at a cost of £650,000, by Cardiff Corporation as their showpiece building for the.
Wales Empire Pool, Cardiff the pool hall looking towards the deep end RIBA pix
The Empire Pool was a functional brick-clad reinforced-concrete and steel framed rectangular block with a barrel roof and rather severe front with a high slightly projecting, glazed central entrance bay.Internally, the pool had an 'auditorium' plan. Stylish and modern
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The Empire Pool and trolley buses - two sights no longer seen in Cardiff Some of the last traces of arguably the biggest event ever to be hosted in Wales are set to disappear. With 1,130.
Cardiff Empire Pool 1958. Greatest International Venue now a Car Park
The Empire Pool and Cardiff Arms Park; both stylish public buildings were Cardiff's favourite post-war buildings and formed and interesting 'leisure' group adjoin the distinctive transport buildings of the Central railway (1932-4) and bus stations built on the site of the 19th century terraces of Temperance Town. Chronology:
Wales Empire Pool, Cardiff the restaurant overlooking the pool hall RIBA pix
The Empire Pool had 1,722 seats, diving boards and the country's only 50m pool - but was flattened as the Millennium Stadium rose up to dominate the city centre in the late '90s. Image caption,
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Diving Cardiff. General view of the swimming pool
The Wales Empire Pool ( Welsh: Pwll Nofio'r Gymanwlad ), known locally as the Empire Pool, was an international standard swimming pool building, located in Cardiff, Wales from 1958 until it was demolished in 1998. It was a centrepiece for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games . Background The Wales Empire Pool in 1966
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Wales Empire Pool Wood Street Only two generations of Cardiffians ever had the pleasure of experiencing the wonderful Wales Empire Pool. Yet if ever a building was designed to last it was this modernist showstopper, built by the council on the site of disused timber yards and saw-mills beside the Taff in time for the 1958 Commonwealth Games.
Wales Empire Pool, Cardiff the diving boards at the deep end of the pool hall RIBA pix
[55] Broomhill Pool, Ipswich - 55 by 20 yards (50.3 m × 18.3 m) open air pool, plus 5-yard (4.6 m) diving pit. Subject of campaign to reopen. [56] Earls Court 1, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. 60m × 30m pool, up to 4m deep. Opened 1937.
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The Wales Empire Pool, known locally as the Empire Pool, was an international standard swimming pool building, located in Cardiff, Wales from 1958 until it was demolished in 1998. It was a centrepiece for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
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The Wales Empire Pool, known locally as the Empire Pool, was an international standard swimming pool building, located in Cardiff, Wales from 1958 until it was demolished in 1998. 22 relations.
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This is a list of notable swimming pools, especially full long course 50 by 25 metres (164 ft × 82 ft) ones suited for Olympic competitions (with 10 lanes, just 8 used, and 2m or more deep). This also includes current and past pools with historical or architectural importance.
Wales Empire Pool The Empire Llandudno Spa Hotel with Swimming Pool The sophia gardens
The Wales Empire Pool (Pwll Nofio'r Gymanwlad), known locally as the Empire Pool, was an international standard swimming pool building, located in Cardiff, Wales from 1958 until it was demolished in 1998. It was a centrepiece for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Background A site on Wood Street in the centre of the Cardiff had been identified in the 1930s as a good location for.
Empire Pool South wales, Wales uk, Cardiff
BBC Documentary from the late 1990's before the closure of the icon Wales empire pool to pave the way for the construction of the Principality Stadium (Mille.
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The Wales Empire Pool, known locally as the Empire Pool, was an international standard swimming pool building, located in Cardiff, Wales from 1958 until it was demolished in 1998. It was a centrepiece for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.