Radium Sulphur Springs

Radium Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Mineral Springs
California Mineral Springs
Caption: Radium Sulphur Springs - Melrose Ave. and Gower St., Los Angeles, Calif. Image: Lithographic postcard of one-story stucco building with Dutch Colonial style facade and an flagpole with American flag on the roof; four people sit on the front porch
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Location5625 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Coordinates34°05′01″N 118°19′23″W / 34.0835°N 118.3231°W / 34.0835; -118.3231
Spring sourceOil test well
Elevation?
TypeGeothermal
Temperature93 °F (34 °C)
Depth1,500 feet (460 m)

Radium Sulphur Springs, located on the north side of Melrose Avenue between Larchmont and Gower Street in Los Angeles, California, U.S., was an early-20th-century hot spring that resulted from an unsuccessful attempt to drill 1,500 feet (460 m) for oil. "Discovered" in 1905 and opened as a spa by G. P. Gehring in 1908,[1] the owners claimed that the water was radioactive, germicidal, and blood purifying.[2][3][4] The supposed radioactivity of water was advertised as "liquid sunshine" and was part of the larger radium fad of the early 20th century. The spa was located in Colegrove, an electric-railway stop and associated community just south of Hollywood.[2]

  1. ^ "Hotel at City's Edge". The Los Angeles Times. November 28, 1909. p. 88. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
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  4. ^ "Radium Sulphur Spring". Los Angeles Evening Express. March 9, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-11-01.