Flood Park 215 Bay Road Menlo Park, CA Flood Park was once an unused portion of silver king, James C. Flood’s estate. Flood’s descendants were persuaded to sell the land to San Mateo County for $400 an acre in the 1930’s. Over the course of a year, Work Progress Administration (WPA) workers transformed the windswept grain field into what was later dedicated as Flood Park. Most of Flood Park’s adobe buildings were built in the 1930’s by the WPA workers using dirt, clay, straw, sand and an asphalt based waterproofing agent. In addition to the buildings erected in the park, a swimming pool was created for local residents and drew over 60,0000 admissions each summer in its heyday. Flood Park’s 61 by 100 foot, 180,000 gallon pool hosted regular swim meets in the 1950s and 1960’s. Both swimming and canoeing classes were taught in the the pool! The antiquated pool was removed from the park in the 1970’s. Many a summers day in the 1960s was spent here swimming
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 02:50:20 +0000
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