Distance signs at World Globe Gas Storage Tank - Savannah, GA
N 32° 01.659 W 081° 06.626
17S E 489572 N 3543505
These distance signs are on the same property as the World Globe Storage Tank. The globe was originally a storage tank for a local gas company. The sign is located at 14 E 73rd St in Savannah, GA
Waymark Code: WM3EAX
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2008
Views: 78
The locations on this sign are:
Wellington New Zealand 8309 miles
Cairo Egypt 6289 miles
Tegucigalpa Honduras 1294 miles
Pretoria South Africa 8205 miles
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."
Historic significance:
I do not know how old the sign is, but the World Globe Gas Storage Tank was built in the 1950s
Location nearest to where you live now:
Tegucigalpa Honduras 1294 miles
Date placed: Not listed
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