Swimming pool trivia from Seahorse Pools & Spas contractors
Want to win a game of swimming pool trivia or wow your friends with your extensive knowledge of swimming pool history? If you’re having a party with friends and family share these food for thought comments. Did you think the heated pool in your backyard is a new invention? It isn’t. Heated swimming pools were around during Ancient Roman times. They were constructed on pillars with a chamber beneath that held the wood to heat the water. The fire would be built, servants would fan the flames and the wealthy homeowners swam in heated comfort.
The ability to flip a switch to heat your pool or use solar technology has been around for about the last half century. Newer technologies brought with them the affordability needed so the average family could not only install a swimming pool, but heat it if they wanted to.
The first swimming pools were dug by hand, the swimming pool contractors from Seahorse Pools & Spas say and that made them cost prohibitive and only the wealthy had the means to be pool owners. Modern tools helped make pools more affordable.
Even when swimming pools became more affordable, puritanical codes disallowed the exposure of skin in public. Swim suits in the 1800s were required to completely cover a person’s body. Swimmers weren’t allowed to swim the “crawl;” because it was deemed crude, impolite and rough.
Consider this, once you hopped – almost fully clothed – into the pool your options for swimming were limited. You could swim the breast stroke, but only kick sideways because spread legs were not allowed. American Indians introduced swimming for pleasure to the New World and it was travellers from the New World back to England who carried the free style swim with them.
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Today’s swimming pools, with their ease of installation and designs and technologies certainly have changed. The clothing choices have certainly made swimming a lot more fun and enjoyable, too.
Swimming pools have come a long way and the technologies, accessories and unique designs available make a pool as unique as your family. What are you waiting for? Start your pool project today!