South Bank Baths 2015;image courtesy of Kickstarter

A year after Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s London sewage system was completed in 1865, a floating iron and glass swimming bath opened in the Thames river by Charing Cross. Now plans to create another swimming pool in the Thames have taken a step forward after hitting a £131,000 target on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.

Located either by the London Eye or City Hall and Tower Bridge, the proposed pontoon would rise and fall with the tide, providing an area of filtered river water for swimmers. Water in the baths would be heated in the winter, providing a year-round swimming venue with a 25-metre pool for laps, as well as a training pool and poolside decking. Application for planning permission for the Thames Baths project is expected to go through this year, with building work expected to start in 2016. If successful, the first swimmers could be taking the plunge in 2017.......Continue Reading

City Hall Baths 2015;image courtesy of Kickstarter

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