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Date: c. 1927 Type: Swimming Baths Status: Extant Street: Prince of Wales Drive   Click to view large map Coordinates: 26°09'18"S 28°01'45"E

"In July 1927, courtesy of the administrator of the Transvaal Province,72 J.H. Hofmeyr, the council obtained a loan of £50,000, of which £25,000 was earmarked for additional swimming baths. (By 1928) Zoo Lake bath served the Parkview, Parktown North, Parkwood, Rosebank and Melrose suburbs." (Source: Grundlingh, L. 2021. Municipal modernity).