JULY 2025 - FROM OUR ARCHIVES
In July of 1941, Lisbon opened its new $4,000 concrete swimming pool on the Lisbon Lions Community Field, (pictured in the early 1970s with the bathhouse). The pool was a joint project between the Lisbon Lions Club and Lisbon Outing Club, which raised $1,200 towards the expense of construction. The balance of the cost was raised through private funding. The new chlorinated pool was 30'x60' and five feet deep at the deep end. Water from Pearl Lake was used to fill the pool and kept a constant flow through it. The pool was drained once a week or more as needed. Each spring volunteers put a fresh coat of bright blue paint on the concrete to get it ready for another year of swimming. The pool was replaced in 2012 by a new $415,000, 80'x50' community swimming pool and bathhouse which opened in July of 2012. The project was funded through years of Lisbon Pool Fund and Lisbon Lions Club fundraising events, a Lisbon, Lyman, and Landaff apportionment, private and business donations, memorial donations, and a NHCDFA Tax Credit Grant.