Groundbreaking held at Adams Pool in Peterborough

  • An artist's rendering shows what Adams Pool is expected to look like once renovation work is complete. According to Recreation Director Jeff King, the pool should be ready to open as soon as school lets out next spring.

    An artist's rendering shows what Adams Pool is expected to look like once renovation work is complete. According to Recreation Director Jeff King, the pool should be ready to open as soon as school lets out next spring. Purchase photo reprints at Photo Finder »

  • With construction workers busy removing the deck around Adams Pool, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday to mark the start of the pool renovation project. Shown are, front row, from left, Tina Kriebel, Recreation Committee vice vhair; Howard Russell, Recreation Committee member; Paula Stewart, Recreation Committee vhair; Pam Brenner, town administrator; Will Brassard (obscured); Elizabeth Thomas, Select Board member; Jeff King, recreation director (obscured); Gordon Kemp, Budget Committee chair; Bill Torphy, president of Torphy Construction & Development, LLC. In the second row are Roland Patten, recreation maintenance supervisor and Budget Committee member; Jim Grant; Lisa Koziell-Betz, recreation program coordinator; Dick Cuddihee, Peterborough Wave Swim Club director; Kathy Bosk, recreation bath house superviso. In the back row are Bob Lambert, Budget Committee liaison to the Recreation Department, and Leslie Lewis, Capital Improvement Committee chair. Kemp said he remembered when the pool was first built, in the early 1930s. The pool was excavated using tractors and horse power, he said, as a project of the Works Progress Administration.

    With construction workers busy removing the deck around Adams Pool, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday to mark the start of the pool renovation project. Shown are, front row, from left, Tina Kriebel, Recreation Committee vice vhair; Howard Russell, Recreation Committee member; Paula Stewart, Recreation Committee vhair; Pam Brenner, town administrator; Will Brassard (obscured); Elizabeth Thomas, Select Board member; Jeff King, recreation director (obscured); Gordon Kemp, Budget Committee chair; Bill Torphy, president of Torphy Construction & Development, LLC. In the second row are Roland Patten, recreation maintenance supervisor and Budget Committee member; Jim Grant; Lisa Koziell-Betz, recreation program coordinator; Dick Cuddihee, Peterborough Wave Swim Club director; Kathy Bosk, recreation bath house superviso. In the back row are Bob Lambert, Budget Committee liaison to the Recreation Department, and Leslie Lewis, Capital Improvement Committee chair. Kemp said he remembered when the pool was first built, in the early 1930s. The pool was excavated using tractors and horse power, he said, as a project of the Works Progress Administration. Purchase photo reprints at Photo Finder »

  • Darrin Suomis of Mountain Shade Excavating fills a dump truck with slabs of concrete as the deck at Adams Pool is torn apart on Friday.

    Darrin Suomis of Mountain Shade Excavating fills a dump truck with slabs of concrete as the deck at Adams Pool is torn apart on Friday. Purchase photo reprints at Photo Finder »

  • An artist's rendering shows what Adams Pool is expected to look like once renovation work is complete. According to Recreation Director Jeff King, the pool should be ready to open as soon as school lets out next spring.
  • With construction workers busy removing the deck around Adams Pool, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday to mark the start of the pool renovation project. Shown are, front row, from left, Tina Kriebel, Recreation Committee vice vhair; Howard Russell, Recreation Committee member; Paula Stewart, Recreation Committee vhair; Pam Brenner, town administrator; Will Brassard (obscured); Elizabeth Thomas, Select Board member; Jeff King, recreation director (obscured); Gordon Kemp, Budget Committee chair; Bill Torphy, president of Torphy Construction & Development, LLC. In the second row are Roland Patten, recreation maintenance supervisor and Budget Committee member; Jim Grant; Lisa Koziell-Betz, recreation program coordinator; Dick Cuddihee, Peterborough Wave Swim Club director; Kathy Bosk, recreation bath house superviso. In the back row are Bob Lambert, Budget Committee liaison to the Recreation Department, and Leslie Lewis, Capital Improvement Committee chair. Kemp said he remembered when the pool was first built, in the early 1930s. The pool was excavated using tractors and horse power, he said, as a project of the Works Progress Administration.
  • Darrin Suomis of Mountain Shade Excavating fills a dump truck with slabs of concrete as the deck at Adams Pool is torn apart on Friday.
Monday, November 5, 2012
(Published in print: Tuesday, November 6, 2012)

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