It's the same pontile seen in this live webcam shot. From Wordnik.com. [Veniceblog:] Reference
The picture was taken as the number 82 vaporetto was leaving the pontile for the Le Zitelle stop. From Wordnik.com. [Veniceblog:] Reference
Yesterday, a stone column on the Scalzi Bridge fell on top of a jammed vaporetto as it pulled away from the pontile near the train station on the Canal Grande. From Wordnik.com. [Veniceblog:] Reference
I can remember many times sitting on the pontile, totally alone, waiting for a vaporetto with the Canale completely without boat traffic for 10, 15 minutes at a stretch. From Wordnik.com. [Venice News Briefs 1/4/05] Reference
(I always kind of liked the walk, or the excuse to stand at the edge of the pontile and watch the traffic on the Canal as I waited for the vap. From Wordnik.com. [Fourth Bridge Over Canal Grande Almost Ready For Installation] Reference
There was widespread destruction on the island of Sant’ Elena, where an even larger disaster was narrowly averted by when the twister nearly struck a crowded vaporetto moored at a pontile. From Wordnik.com. [A Tornado in Venice] Reference
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