Tenino Stone Company Quarry

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Tenino Stone Company Quarry
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LocationCity Park, Tenino, Washington
Coordinates 46°51′16″N122°51′10″W / 46.85444°N 122.85278°W / 46.85444; -122.85278 (Tenino Stone Company Quarry)
Area3.4 acres (1.4 ha)
NRHP reference No. 83003355 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1983

The Tenino Stone Company Quarry, at City Park in Tenino, Washington, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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It is also known as the Memorial Swimming Pool. It is the site of a sandstone quarry from which stone was removed in a box shape, about 900 feet (270 m) long, 60 feet (18 m) wide, and 90 feet (27 m) deep. It is used as a swimming and diving pool. [2] The basin is split into two sections, a shallow area and a deeper pool, large enough to be considered an inland lake. [3]

History

Quarry operations ended in the 1920s when the formation filled with spring water. There are two proposed causes to the cavities filling with water - that workers in the quarry opened up a natural spring or that personnel turned the pumps off as they left the job in a labor protest. [4]

The area was officially opened as a pool by the city in 1950 and would remain without any significant upgrades until a renovation project that began in 2018 due in part from a grant of $200,000 by Thurston County. The remodeling was completed in 2023 with the addition of a splash park and a combined retaining wall and walkway, and betterments were completed to the decks, docks, and filtration systems. [3] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. J.H. Vandermeer (June 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tenino Stone Company Quarry / Memorial Swimming Pool". National Park Service . Retrieved April 24, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1981
  3. 1 2 Sexton, Owen (May 24, 2023). "Seasonal Lifeguards Needed for Tenino Quarry Pool This Summer". The Chronicle. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  4. The Chronicle staff (April 15, 2017). "Expedition to Bottom of Tenino Quarry Pool Planned for Thursday". The Chronicle. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  5. Mikkelsen, Drew (July 20, 2018). "Grant money pouring into Tenino Quarry Pool". King 5 News (Seattle, Washington). Retrieved June 14, 2023.