San Antonio RR Station
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sfwife
N 28° 20.613 W 082° 16.503
17R E 375028 N 3135920
Historical Marker in Pasco County FL
Waymark Code: WM2ZJJ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2008
Views: 38
This depot--San Antonio's third--replaced a 1927 facility which burned in 1949. It is the last one remaining on the Orange Belt Railway which crossed Pasco County in 1888 to connect the St. Johns River with the Gulf. This provided a long awaited link with northern markets. The Seaboard Coast Line had its last scheduled service here in 1972. The tracks were removed in 1978, dooming the Trilby, San Antonio & Cypress--an excursion line--which then ran from this station as the Orange Belt Rail Road. Volunteers restored it for community use in 1993.
Marker Number: none
Date: 1993
County: Pasco
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: The Pasco Board of County Commissioners and The Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee
Website: Not listed
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