Stadium
Deep Eddy Municipal Pool
Spring-fed, unchlorinated pool built into a river eddy, in swim since nineteen sixteen.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Deep Eddy Pool in Austin traces the two decades a Colorado River swimming hole ran as a private amusement business, from businessman A.J. Eilers's nineteen fifteen purchase through the trolleys, divers, and rides that kept its turnstiles busy. It follows the money behind the Ferris wheel and the nightly silent movie, and the deal Eilers struck with the City of Austin two decades later. Listen at the pool's edge for the story of who built this place, who paid for it, and who ended up owning it.
This audio guide was created using AI.