"Arches" - Venice Depot - The Venice Seaboard Air Line Depot became an important point of transit for the city for forty-five years. It served as the primary point of entry to the city for U.S. Army material and personnel once the Army established an air base in Venice in 1942, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus used it for shipping their equipment and operations around the country once they moved to Venice in 1960. Passenger service to the station finally ceased on 30 April 1971 See the same print in B&W in the Florida in B&W Gallery!