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Two of the city’s most iconic swimming holes — the Barton Springs and Deep Eddy pools — have a small admissions fee: $5 and under for Austin residents, depending on age, and $9 and under for ...
23 June 2003. Deep Eddy Pool is a historic man-made swimming pool in Austin, Texas. Deep Eddy is the oldest swimming pool in Texas and features a bathhouse built during the Depression era by the Works Progress Administration. The pool began as a swimming hole in the Colorado River, became a resort in the 1920s, and is today a popular swimming ...
Barton Springs Pool is a recreational outdoor swimming pool in Austin, Texas, that is filled entirely with water from nearby natural springs. Located in Zilker Park, the pool exists within the channel of Barton Creek and uses water from Main Barton Spring, the fourth-largest spring in Texas. The pool is a popular venue for year-round swimming ...
Barton Springs. / 30.30750°N 97.73028°W / 30.30750; -97.73028. Barton Springs is a set of four natural water springs located at Barton Creek on the grounds of Zilker Park [ 2] in Austin, Texas, resulting from water flowing through the Edwards Aquifer. The largest spring, Main Barton Spring (also known as Parthenia, "the mother spring ...
All city pools except Barton Springs are offering free pool admission through Sept. 30.
The historic Deep Eddy Pool will be closed for eight weeks beginning Jan. 8 as crews work on creating improvements and repairs.
The Frank C. Erwin Jr. Center (originally Special Events Center) was a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.It was also sometimes referred to as "The Drum" or "The Superdrum", owing to its round, drum-like appearance from outside (not to be confused with Big Bertha, the large bass drum used by the University of Texas marching band).
555 ft (169 m) Lake Walter E. Long (also known as Decker Lake) [ 1] is a reservoir on Decker Creek in Austin, Texas. It was officially impounded in 1967 and provides cooling water for a power plant that produces electricity from petroleum -based fuels. The dam and the lake are managed by the City of Austin. Surrounding the lake is the city's ...