- City:
- McCamey, TX
- Site Type:
- Swimming Pools, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Per the Odessa American, 1939, the Public Works Administration (PWA) supported the financing of the construction of the former public swimming pool in McCamey, Texas:
The new swimming pool at McCamey opened June 2, 1939. The new $50,000 swimming pool was built by Upton County as a PWA project. The new pool, recently completed, is one of the finest of its kind in this section of the state. It Is modern in every detail, and is now open to the public free of charge. It is equipped with the latest filtration system that will assure swimmers of pure water at all times.
It is unknown how long the original pool facilities were intact, though Google Street View imagery suggests that the pool at this location was demolished in 2021. A bathhouse appears too modern to be of 1930s origin, though a stone pumphouse at the southeast corner of the property (on E 11th Street), which appears to still be intact, is likely from the era.
Source notes
Clipping from The Odessa American, 30 May 1939, Tue, Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22348556/mccamey_pwa_pool_need_pictures/
Google Street View imagery, 2021:
https://goo.gl/maps/zHLL4srpi3fWcRfD7
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on October 18, 2018.
Additional contributions by Evan Kalish.
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