Moon Mailbox in front of World Globe Gas Tank - Savannah, GA
N 32° 01.659 W 081° 06.625
17S E 489573 N 3543505
This Moon globe mailbox is located in front of the mortgage company where a 30' Globe stands. The globe used to be a storage tank for a local gas company. It is located at 14 E 73rd St in Savannah, GA.
Waymark Code: WM3EAR
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2008
Views: 38
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."