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| | Excelsior Springs, Missouri Idle Hour |
 | | The project contained an agreement for the city to buy the main mineral water springs and mortgage all of them to the federal government, the mortgage to run until the springs paid off the federal loan, or to be paid by bonds if the springs failed to pay out. |
 | | The structure was partially completed in 1937, when the "Hall of Springs", today known as the water bar opened and the mineral waters were dispensed to visitors and health-seekers. |
 | | Besides the Hall of Springs, a great, two-story hall where all of the mineral waters were made available at fountains, the first floor contained the women's bath department, a sunroom, a covered porch, a grand foyer, offices for the management of the springs and for the chamber of commerce. |
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