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Bimini Baths
Bimini Baths (also, Bimini Hot Springs and Sanitarium; currently Bimini Slough Ecology Park) was a geothermal mineral water public bathhouse and plunge in what is now Koreatown, Los Angeles, California, US. It was situated just west of downtown, near Third Street and Vermont Avenue. Bimini Baths contained a natatorium, swimming pools, swimming plunge, Turkish baths, a medical treatment department, and bottling works.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chgface/id/371 )〕
==History==
In the 19th century, the area was a marsh with natural hot springs. The waters were discovered during oil drilling exploration. They were discovered by a man who was boring for oil at a depth of under of solid white marble.〔 Named after the Bahamian island of Bimini,〔 the venue was owned and operated by Dr. David W. Edwards, president and treasurer of the Bimini Water Company; and David W. Edwards, Jr. served as vice president and secretary.〔 The company was founded December 31, 1902.〔 In 1903, the bath house opened.〔 In the following year, Bimini Hotel was built across the street, and the spring waters were pumped to it. In 1917, J. J. Warrick was manager of the baths and sanitarium. An outdoor pool was added to the baths in 1921.〔 Mexicans were only allowed into the Bimini Baths "when it was too dirty for whites to swim in" it.
Besides the baths, the Bimini Water Company delivered plain and carbonated water to Los Angeles residents. The company provided the water prior to 1915 when the city mains installation occurred. The business went bankrupt in 1951 and the buildings were demolished in 1956.〔
In the present day, the springs area has become Bimini Slough Ecology Park, featuring native plant stands and a creekbed. The hotel has become headquarters for the Mary Lind Foundation.〔
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