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Fleishhacker Pool, aerial view, Nov. 16, 1924.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.3347

Fleishhacker Pool aerial view c 1928.

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The area between the zoo, the ocean, and Fort Funston was once Fleishhacker Pool, a thousand-foot-long swimming pool; it was so big that lifeguards had to patrol the pool in boats. The 116,000 square feet of surface held 6.3 million gallons of chilly ocean water. Built in 1924, the pool gradually fell into disuse; in 1984, it was covered with earth.

Circa 1930 view over Ocean Beach, Fleishhacker Pool and playground looking southeast, with Lake Merced in upper right background, Mother's Building at far left.

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A part of the 116,000 square foot Fleishhacker Pool, 1928.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp4.1631

Fleishhacker Pool, June 22, 1929.

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Fleishhacker Pool, June 22, 1929.

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Fleishhacker Pool, August 1960.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp25.4787

Fleishhacker playground, c. 1934, wading pool in front of Mothers' Building.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.11465

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