Tarlair seawater pool, Aberdeenshire
Peter Black

Tarlair seawater pool, Aberdeenshire

A sadly neglected swimming pool which is only now having some remedial work carried out on the listed pavilion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarlair_Swimming_Pool
Location
Macduff, N Scotland
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Ebony RSW45 & Nikon 90mm f8 lens
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f32 1/2 @ 1/30
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Ilford HP5+ in replenished Xtol
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Scan only
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Spotted and contrast adjusted.
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I think I am looking at three separate sets of water. Far one the North Sea, the middle one with wide steps the pool and the third one with rocks exposed in the foreground is what- an arm of the sea that surrounds the pool? So I presume that the pool water is salt water changed or was changed when required by the tides?

It's a great scene but must have required hardy souls of swimmers to use it even in high summer given the N. Sea temperatures at that latitude
 
I think I am looking at three separate sets of water. Far one the North Sea, the middle one with wide steps the pool and the third one with rocks exposed in the foreground is what- an arm of the sea that surrounds the pool? So I presume that the pool water is salt water changed or was changed when required by the tides?

It's a great scene but must have required hardy souls of swimmers to use it even in high summer given the N. Sea temperatures at that latitude
Thanks PU. The Wiki entry says "The design of the pool was a clever use of pumped sea water to fill the pools, and flooding of the main pool at high tide to flush out the old water. The main pool had a diving board at the deep end and a child's chute at the shallow end,[2] though both are now missing. The second-largest pool was a boating pool with the two remaining pools being paddling pools." And yes, it would have been cold!
 
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Thanks PU. The Wiki entry says "The design of the pool was a clever use of pumped sea water to fill the pools, and flooding of the main pool at high tide to flush out the old water. The main pool had a diving board at the deep end and a child's chute at the shallow end,[2] though both are now missing. The second-largest pool was a boating pool with the two remaining pools being paddling pools." And yes, it would have been cold!
Thanks like you I am fascinated by such abandoned places There is/was a similar one in Port Erin on the IOM

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