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Sutra's Baths
Sutra's original idea was to build a giant outdoor aquarium that would be filled by the tides and it would empty at low tide. In 1884 he created a catch basin that refilled naturally as the waves broke in. And then Sutra kept making more and more plans, adding on and on to his aquarium. He built the network of swimming pools, connecting canals, even built a powerhouse as a freestanding building to heat the water. Then when all that was done, then he hires an architectural firm.
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