The Stamford Historical Society
Picturesque Stamford,
1892
Marine Commerce and Yachting, pp. 213-214
Patent Swimming-Baths at EnnistonPark.
The Patent Swimming-Baths at Enniston Park, on the extreme south end of Shippan Point, an illustration of which appears on this page, is one of the sea-side institutions of the town that may be appropriately noticed in this chapter. The baths are constructed on a plan designed and patented by John Ennis a few years ago, and they are becoming more popular every season as their unique advantages for salt water bathing are better understood by the public at large. Among the special advantages of this apparatus, in relation to the purpose intended, are the following:
The depth of water in the bath can be regulated and held stationary at any desired level between high and low water mark.
Timid and delicate bathers who do not wish to enter the open water outside, are attracted by the easy convenience, comfort, safety and cleanliness of the enclosed and regulated water.
For ladies and children and for all desirous of learning to swim this bath furnishes unique and unequalled facilities. A traveling trolley overhead, with a cord sustaining the swimmer, affords a safe, easy and effectual plan by which even young children and the most timid of adult bathers can rapidly acquire confidence and skill in the art of swimming.
Besides the peculiar and patented features of the Enniston Bathing Pavilion, it has the further advantage of location immediately upon a clean sandy beach, where, at flood tide, bathing in the open sea by expert swimmers may be enjoyed under the most attractive and convenient conditions to be found anywhere upon the coast of Connecticut.
“Enniston”, Shippan Point
Postcards: Fun at the Beach
Picturesque Stamford, 1892
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