A notorious Garden City landmark is getting overhauled and upgraded. The Big Pool was a historical centerpiece of Garden City that was open for nearly a century. The pool was the largest hand-dug public pool in the world when it was first built in 1921. During its hay day, the pool held nearly 2.5 million gallons of water. Twenty-eight months ago the prior Garden City city commission took up the issue of the future of The Big Pool and aquatics for the city. It was determined The Big Pool couldn’t maintain operation. The city says the facility was losing nearly 200,000 gallons of water each day and required a budget of around $800,000 for the three-month summer season. This was a significantly higher budget than other departments that operated year-round.
Source: KSN-TV
