A black and white photo postcard showing the swimming pool on Locklin Avenue. There are a lot of people swimming. The postcard is unused, and the publisher is unknown. Sharon Cunningham Collection.

Bisbee’s first swimming pool was built in 1905 by Mr Tribolet in upper Tombstone Canyon for $5,000. This pool was in operation until the water supply ran low. The YMCA built a heated pool in the basement of their building which opened on February 1, 1914. The YWCA had fundraising plans to build a pool of their own, but instead opted to borrow the YMCA’s pool from time to time. Warren’s public pool was built in 1922 by the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company. It measured 90 by 60 feet and was divided into two sections: one for children with a maximum depth of four feet and the second for adults with a maximum depth of nine feet. Before a fence was built around Warren’s pool, it proved a popular watering hole for wandering livestock. The water utilized for this pool was ground water pumped out of the Calumet & Cochise Shaft. Residents in Tombstone Canyon raised $4,000 (about $29,400 in 2021) to build a pool on Locklin Avenue and in 1926 it was built by the public work department. On May 13th, 1969 the Bisbee Municipal Pool opened on Higgins Hill replacing the older one on Locklin Avenue. The entry fee remained the same: fifty cents. The new pool was funded by the Arizona State Parks grant covering the $95,000 cost. The land where the former Locklin pool was located was put up for auction in June 2008 by Bisbee City Council for $250,000. The Bisbee Kiwanis club donated a wheelchair ramp access to the local pool after several fundraisers and it was installed in June 2008.

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