On January 7, 1924, the Crookwell District Amateur Swimming Club approached Crookwell Council asking if a portion of Kiamma Creek, at the bottom of Marsden Street, could be set aside for a swimming pool. A dam was built across the creek, excavation works were carried out to deepen the pool which would measure 25 yards long and 15 yards wide.
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The Club pointed out that many children in the district were growing up without being able to swim and if a suitable pool was available, the Education Department would provide teachers to instruct students in the art of swimming during school holidays.
Dressing sheds were erected and the pool was officially opened in December, 1930. The pool tended to fill up with silt and was infested with leeches. Council wrote to the Department of Public Health to ask for a solution to the problems the advice given was to use bluestone to help clarify the water. The Department added that it would not be possible to use chemicals to deal with the leeches as that would render the water unfit for swimming, “if, however, the infestation is not great, it might be materially reduced by leading a horse into the pool for short periods until no leeches are collected thereby. The leeches should, of course, be removed promptly.”
