[1] In the present day, the springs area has become Bimini Slough Ecology Park, featuring native plant stands and a creekbed.
The primary alkalinity of the water gave it a peculiar soft feeling that led to the nickname, "the velvet baths."
The well was drilled 1,750 feet (530 m) deep in Tertiary age sediments that make up the oil formation in this locale.
[9] The bathhouse was located across the Palomar Ballroom, a popular venue of the big band era.
[12] A tributary of Ballona Creek called Arroyo de la Sacatela once came down from Franklin Hills before feeding into Bimini Slough near what is now the L.A.
[13] Bimini Slough was a historic wetland located along what is now Vermont Avenue, roughly bounded by 1st Street and Wilshire Boulevard on the north and south, and Berendo and Virgil on the west and east.
[12] The lowland that supported Bimini Slough was filled with soil in 1931 to make way for a new housing development.