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Photographic survey of the Olympia Leisure Centre, Dundee
Date 19 April 2013
Event ID 966883
Category Recording
Type Photographic Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/966883
A photographic survey of the Olympia Leisure Centre was made through Threatened Building Survey in April 2013, a short while before the building was permanently closed ahead of demolition.
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Dundee, Earl Grey Place, Olympia Swimming Pool And Leisure Centre
Leisure Centre (Modern)
Canmore ID 187917 |
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DP 157608
Interior. General view of children's swimming pool.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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DP 157609
Interior view of children's swimming pool, Olympia swimming pool, Dundee.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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Interior. General view of children's swimming pool.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/4/2013
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Interior. General view of children's swimming pool.
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DP 157612
Interior. View of jacuzzi adjacent to the children's swimming pool.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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Interior. View of entrances to male and female changing areas.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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Interior. View of entrances to male and female changing areas.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/4/2013
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Interior. View of entrances to male and female changing areas.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/4/2013
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DP 157616
Interior. View of pool-side and balcony level spectator seating within the training pool hall.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/4/2013
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DP 157617
Interior view looking across the training pool hall, Olympia swimming pool, Dundee.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/4/2013
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DP 157618
Interior. View of curtain wall in the training pool hall.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157619
Interior. View looking across the training pool hall to balcony level spectator seating.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/4/2013
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Interior. View of training pool.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157621
Interior. View looking across the training pool hall to the balcony level spectator seating.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157622
Interior. View of reception desk within the changing village.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157623
Interior. View looking along the main pool hall.
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DP 157624
Interior. View of spectator balcony, with changing areas and showers at poolside, within main pool hall.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157625
Interior. View of curtain wall in main pool hall.
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DP 157626
Interior view looking along the main pool hall from poolside, Olympia swimming pool, Dundee.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157627
Interior. View looking across the main pool and lazy river.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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DP 157628
Interior. Detail of control console and lifeguards chair.
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Interior. Detail of control console and lifeguards chair.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157630
Detail of lazy river within main pool, Olympia swimming pool, Dundee.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157631
Interior. View looking across the main pool hall.
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Interior. View looking across the main pool hall.
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Interior. View looking across the main pool hall.
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DP 157634
Interior. View looking across the main pool hall.
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DP 157635
Interior. View of diving pool within main pool hall.
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Interior. View of diving pool and curtain wall of main pool hall.
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DP 157637
Interior. View looking up to spectators balcony, including balcony front mural, from poolside.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157638
Interior. Detail of lazy river and plunge pool within main pool.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157639
Interior. View of diving boards and pool within main pool hall.
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19/4/2013
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Interior. Detail of pool-side jacuzzi within main pool hall.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157641
Interior. View of pool-side jacuzzi, with access slide into main pool.
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DP 157642
Interior. View of stairwell leading up from poolside to flumes.
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DP 157644
Interior. View of flumes exit pool within main pool hall.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157645
Interior. View looking across the main pool hall from upper level of flume access stair.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157646
Interior. View looking across the main pool hall from upper level of flume access stair.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157647
Interior. View of entrances to flumes.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157648
Interior. View of entrances to flumes.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157649
Interior. View looking across main pool hall from upper level of flume access stair.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/4/2013
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DP 157650
Interior. View looking across main pool hall from upper level of flume access stair.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157651
Interior. View of jacuzzi pool within the spa.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157652
Interior. Detail of tiled mural within the spa.
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DP 157653
Interior. View of jacuzzi pool within the spa.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/4/2013
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DP 157654
Interior. View of jacuzzi pool within the spa.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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DP 157655
Interior. View of sauna and steam room within the spa.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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Interior. View of gym.
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DP 157657
Interior. View of gym.
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DP 157658
Interior. View looking across the main pool hall from the spectator balcony.
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Interior. View looking across the main pool hall from the spectator balcony.
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Interior. View looking across the main pool hall from the spectator balcony.
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19/4/2013
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Interior. View looking across the main pool hall from the spectator balcony, with the diving pool seating to fore.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157662
Interior view of diving pool from spectator seating area opposite, Olympia swimming pool, Dundee.
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19/4/2013
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DP 157663
Interior. View looking along the spectator balcony within the main pool hall.
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DP 157664
Interior. View looking across the training pool hall from the spectator balcony.
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DP 157665
Interior. View looking across the training pool hall from the spectator balcony.
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DP 157666
Interior. View of main reception desk within the entrance concourse.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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Interior. View of main reception desk within the entrance concourse.
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Interior. View of main reception desk within the entrance concourse.
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DP 157669
Interior. View looking across entrance concourse.
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DP 157670
Interior. View of wood-panelled lift shaft within main concourse.
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Interior. View of lift within main concourse.
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DP 157672
Interior. View of lift within main concourse.
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DP 157673
Interior. View looking back across main concourse towards entrance.
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DP 157674
Interior. View of table and chair fixtures within main concourse.
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Interior. View of table and chair fixtures within main concourse.
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DP 157676
Interior. View of stairway leading down from entrance concourse to the changing village.
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Interior. View of booking desk in main concourse.
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DP 157678
Interior. View of administration corridor from main concourse.
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Interior. View of doors leading to spectator balcony from entrance concourse.
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Interior. View of meeting room and adjacent offices within the entrance concourse.
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Interior. View of 'reef bar' partioning within the cafeteria.
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Interior. View looking across the cafeteria.
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Interior. View looking across the cafeteria.
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Interior. View within glazed cantilevered section of cafeteria.
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Interior. View of partion between main cafeteria and cantilevered projection.
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Interior. View looking across the cafeteria.
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Interior. View looking down onto the flume exit pool from windows of cafeteria.
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DP 157688
Interior. View looking across the training pool hall from the windows of the cafeteria.
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DP 157689
Interior. View of doors within the entrance concourse, leading onto spectator balconys of the main and training pool halls.
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DP 157690
Interior. Detail of ceiling clock in entrance concourse.
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Olympia Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre, Dundee.View of painted mural in the external concourse.
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DP 157692
Exterior. View of main entrance/exit doors on external concourse.
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Exterior. View along the exposed structural beams of the front elevation, looking towards the raised walkway giving access to and from the leisure centre.
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Exterior. View of exposed structural beams adjacent to the entrance concourse, with the service road running below.
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Exterior. View of the demolition of Tayside House in progress taken from the south west, on the raised external concourse of the Olympia Centre.
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Exterior. View of main entrance/exit doors and external concourse.
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Exterior. View looking along the external entrance concourse.
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Exterior. View of light stantions and seating on viewing deck at the west end of the leisure centre concourse.
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Exterior. Detail of seating on viewing deck.
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Exterior. Detail of light stantion on the viewing deck.
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Exterior. Detail of seating on the viewing deck.
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Exterior. View of the Discovery and its visitor centre taken from the viewing deck of the Olympia leisure centre concourse.
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Exterior. View of Tay Bridge Station taken from the viewing deck of the Olympia leisure centre concourse.
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Exterior. View of the demolition of Tayside House in progress, taken from the south west on the concourse of the Olympia leisure centre.
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Exterior. View looking along the structural beams to the canopied access stair and ramps of the leisure centre concourse.
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DP 157706
Exterior. View looking along the external entrance concourse.
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Exterior. View of external entrance concourse, including the end of the ramped walkway from ground level.
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Exterior. View of the Hilton Hotel, taken from the entrance concourse of the Olympia leisure centre.
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