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Open air swimming pool at The Strand (leisure park).
The Strand Baths on the River Medway were built in 1894 by Mr Cucknow, a baker. The pool is 274 ft long and 138ft wide. It was opened on 27 June 1896. Before that there was just a hole in the mudflats, with old railway carriages.
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