World Globe Gas Storage Tank - Savannah, GA
N 32° 01.661 W 081° 06.626
17S E 489572 N 3543509
This 30' world globe used to be a storage tank for a local gas company in Savannah. It is located at 14 E. 73rd St in Savannah, GA. The mailbox for the business resembles the moon.
Waymark Code: WM3EAV
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2008
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From the Roadside Attractions
web site:
Big globe -- recently repainted for the new Millennium. It was
originally used as a storage tank for the local gas company. In
1956, R.E.Turner, Jr. (Cable mogul Ted Turner's father) talked the
company into painting it like a globe. The repaint is a little
different -- it is now painted as the earth is seen from space. It
even has a hurricane cloud formation heading straight towards
Savannah. [Trevon Watson, 01/04/1999]
[RA: John Strickler points out that "This globe can be
seen briefly in the Sandra Bullock/Ben Affleck movie 'Forces of
Nature.'" Tipster Dave Schneider reports "when they painted the
hurricane [Floyd] heading toward Savannah, they goofed up and had
it rotating clockwise! It was a big joke in town until it was
re-painted correctly."