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Daylesford is a spa town located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, within the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia, approximately 114 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. First established in 1852 as a gold-mining town, today Daylesford has a population of 2,781 as of the 2021 census.
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Manitou Bathhouse or Manitou Spa is a historic building located along Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Once used as a mineral water bathhouse or spa, the building is now used for stores and other businesses on the first floor. The second and third floors hold residential units. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in the building is Adam's Mountain Cafe.
The Buxton Baths using natural thermal spring water are in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. The baths date back to Roman times and were the basis for developing Buxton as a Georgian and Victorian spa town. The present buildings of the Thermal Baths and the Natural Mineral Baths were opened in the 1850s. They are positioned either side of the Buxton Crescent at the foot of The Slopes in the town's Central Conservation Area. They are both Grade II listed buildings designed by Henry Currey, architect for the 7th Duke of Devonshire.
Tate Springs was a historic world-class luxury resort complex located on U.S. Route 11W in Bean Station, Tennessee, United States. Known for its mineral spring water shipped internationally, it was considered to be one of the most popular resorts of its time in the Southern United States, and was visited by many wealthy and prominent families such as the Ford, Rockefeller, Firestone, Studebaker, and Mellon families.
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- ↑ "Daylesford". The Argus . Melbourne, Vic. 27 October 1865. p. 6. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ↑ "Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H2098, Heritage Overlay HO975". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
- ↑ "Heritage story - Mount Franklin Hepburn Regional Park" (PDF), Park Notes, Parks Victoria, 1995, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2012, retrieved 16 April 2012
- ↑ Gervasoni, Clare (2005), Bullboar, macaroni & mineral water : spa country's Swiss/Italian story, Hepburn Springs Swiss Italian Festa Inc, pp. 14, 71, ISBN 978-0-646-45472-6
- ↑ Gervasoni, Clare (2005), Bullboar, macaroni & mineral water : spa country's Swiss/Italian story, Hepburn Springs Swiss Italian Festa Inc, p. 72, ISBN 978-0-646-45472-6