Sunday, January 20, 2019

WQ #7


Posted by Chic Silber at 1/20/2019 10:24:00 AM

5 comments:

Chic Silber said...


The building in lower right

was the Atlantic Coast Line

station & is currently used

by Amtrak which I see every

time I do the "Silver Star"

either North or South a few

times each year to break up

flying to or from NY or DC

20 January, 2019 11:18
Chic Silber said...


Except for a time after

the last big storm when

much of the tree line

was defoliated I only

get a glance at CBC WQ

20 January, 2019 11:21
Chic Silber said...


Originally a County Fairgrounds

Then it became Johnny J Jones WQ

before the Acme Circus Operating

Company bought the joint

20 January, 2019 23:15
Roger Smith said...

When I was there in the winters of 1980, and '81-'82, the structures @ Upper R and Far R were long gone. The 1947 (former) Sparks show office wagon sat out exposed to the Florida climate, as did many King and Sells & Gray trucks in the graveyard inside that curve. Hoover's cats had an awning, but the former cat barn was not restored, and the arena was fully outdoors. It was light years ahead of what Hoxie had, but was very much indeed a typical circus winterquarters--functional to some extent, but never a showplace.

21 January, 2019 18:08
Roger Smith said...

When I left the show, in the pre-season Spring of '82, I walked across the tracks to catch a Sarasota-bound train in this historic old depot.

23 January, 2019 04:55

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