Swimming hole in Cochran Bird Sanctuary

A black and white still image of a swimming hole with two people in the shot. There is a U shaped dock and two rafts in the water. The water is surrounded by trees.

This is likely an image of the Bobby Thompson Pond. It was named after Robert Torrey Thompson, P. A. Class of 1936, who died in a training accident as a member of the Army Air Corps on April 9, 1941. The pond was made into a swimming hole in 1942 and had a sandy beach made from sand from Crane's Beach in Ipswich, MA. In 1955, a hot dry summer caused a drought and the school to stop pumping fresh water into the pond. As a result, the pond became contaminated and was closed to swimming.

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Institution: Phillips Academy

Massachusetts--Essex (county)--Andover

1942

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Andover, Mass. : Phillips Academy

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Sanctuary Photograph File

Thompson, Robert Torrey

Cochran, Moncrieff Mitchell, 1879-1931

Phillips Academy

School grounds

Moncrieff Cochran Sanctuary

Natural areas

Bobby Thompson Pond

Swimming

still image

Photographs

1 photograph : b&w

26 x 20 cm