Ripon, The Spa Baths 1914
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On the west side of the city, towards Fountains Abbey, stands the Spa Baths and Pump Room, opened on 24 October 1905 by Prince Henry of Battenburg. At that time you could avail yourself of an immersion spa bath and afterwards sip the sulphur water. Behind the foundation stone is a sealed box containing documents, coins and newspapers. Public swimming baths were added in 1936 - before this, changing rooms had been built alongside the river. The Spa Hydro opened in 1909, and the statue of the Marquis of Ripon was unveiled in the nearby park in 1912. A canal to the town was finished in 1773, and the railway arrived in 1848 - it survived until 1967. Ripon Racecourse opened in June 1900.
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