Seaboard Railway Depot
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sfwife
N 27° 20.216 W 082° 32.441
17R E 347588 N 3024695
Historical Marker in Sarasota County
Waymark Code: WM304B
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2008
Views: 35
On this site in 1903, the U.S. and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company built a depot. This railroad, subsequently incorporated into the Seaboard Air Line Railway, provided great impetus to the town's turn-of-the-century progress. Trains brought passengers and manufactured goods to Sarasota and took local products such as fish, citrus, lumber and vegetables to northern markets. The tracks entered the town along Lemon Avenue, crossed Main Street and curved south to the terminate on a pier extending into the bay where commercial fish houses were built.
Marker Number: none
Date: 1986
County: Sarasota
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: Sarasota County Historical Commission
Website: [Web Link]
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