Then & Now: Nowell Park Pool
February 15, 2012 10:02PM
Swimmers fill Nowell Park Pool at Mills and Manhattan roads in Joliet. | Joliet area Historical Museum, Joliet, IL
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Updated: March 17, 2012 10:10AM
Just seven years after the Joliet Park District was formed, Nowell Park pool was built at Mills Road and Route 52 (Manhattan Road), giving East Side residents a place to cool off in the summer. The park boasted more than the pool. There were 20 acres offering picnic space and sports fields. The park district’s board voted 3-2 to close the pool in January 2005. As part of a state-grant funded development, the pool was filled in but the bathhouse remains.
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