Downstream

(Jeff_L) #1

longer hold good’. This
suggests the problem with the
original bath wasn’t just cost
and weather, but concerns
about the state of the water.
The bath’s foundation
weighed 750 tons, and piles
had been driven 25 feet into
the bed of the river. The
water rose and fell with the
tide, and the swimming area,
said to be the largest in
London, was 133 feet long by
25 feet wide, with the depth

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