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This one of an industrial plant in Woodlawn, Texas is so cool as its different from most others as its a perfect sphere.
Any that you would like to share.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0942866,-81.6853422,3a,50.8y,344.13h,97.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sSITFlrBDKvIZsC3SP0Fz5A!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DSITFlrBDKvIZsC3SP0Fz5A%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D120.91835%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
There's Gaffney, SC's Peachoid, which is obviously shaped like a peach. I love tacky local small town attractions like these.
Florence Y'all.
https://goo.gl/maps/K76Rue7npcxmeo2i7
The water tower in Mineral Point, WI looks like a giant flashlight, I think.
Behind the left field wall for the Lakewood Blue Claws in New Jersey...
(https://i.imgur.com/r1si7kq.jpg)
Quote from: index on August 23, 2019, 01:49:35 AM
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There's Gaffney, SC's Peachoid, which is obviously shaped like a peach. I love tacky local small town attractions like these.
Don't know about anybody else, but whenever I would drive by the peach water tower near Gaffney SC, I always thought that it looked like a gigantic butt mooning I-85.
Groom TX's leaning water tower:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1978256,-101.0835952,3a,75y,69.23h,91.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2sQ8KrJpp-tzlo-Y4T4tLg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I think it was built as a US 66 'tourist attraction.'
Also in tribute to fruit, the Poteet TX strawberry and the Luling, TX watermelon:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.0476167,-98.5817524,3a,75y,25.28h,91.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sC4ljKOOVp0z1CYNn6G1wfg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.6729193,-97.6315652,3a,75y,286.99h,94.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN441WVK70nGCPrgT6GUVLA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: index on August 23, 2019, 01:49:35 AM
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There's Gaffney, SC's Peachoid, which is obviously shaped like a peach. I love tacky local small town attractions like these.
As one is waiting for that asshole to take a shit on the ground next to you ;) 💩
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This one of an industrial plant in Woodlawn, Texas is so cool as its different from most others as its a perfect sphere.
This is another round/spherical, in Fairview, TX. It has somehow survived the transition of its surroundings from rural horse farms to busy suburban enclave, without being torn down.
https://goo.gl/maps/Ubz2aatJYrz6pnWx7
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2019685,-93.2620814,3a,75y,168.01h,87.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxzos3gvHFz9Z9HbKsOpwkw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2019685,-93.2620814,3a,75y,168.01h,87.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxzos3gvHFz9Z9HbKsOpwkw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
A major landmark in Springfield. Driving down US-65 to Branson there are quite a few water towers along the way. It's interesting thinking about what would happen if this thing decided to burst.
Holmdel, NJ at the former Bell Labs Complex.
https://goo.gl/maps/ANTxohttps://goo.gl/maps/ANTxoMP7rYu4q9mU7iMP7rYu4q9mU7
Looks like a spaceship, but it was to resemble a microchip as supposedly this is the birthplace of the chip.
Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery in Newark, NJ used to have one on top of one its buildings that looked like a Pabst Beer Bottle. Unfortunately, that brewery has been leveled for decades now so it predates GSV for a caption.
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There's Gaffney, SC's Peachoid, which is obviously shaped like a peach. I love tacky local small town attractions like these.
Don't know about anybody else, but whenever I would drive by the peach water tower near Gaffney SC, I always thought that it looked like a gigantic butt mooning I-85.
Back in the late 80s the myth was that it was (by design) mooning Charlotte.
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Quote from: index on August 23, 2019, 01:49:35 AM
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There's Gaffney, SC's Peachoid, which is obviously shaped like a peach. I love tacky local small town attractions like these.
Back in the late 80s the myth was that it was (by design) mooning Charlotte.
Don't know about anybody else, but whenever I would drive by the peach water tower near Gaffney SC, I always thought that it looked like a gigantic butt mooning I-85.
Wrong direction! Seeing that GA
is the Peach State, shouldn't it be mooning Atlanta instead?
Giant City State Park, Makanda, IL
Note the observation platform...
(https://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/il/ILMAKwt_givens1.jpg)
Marion, Virginia, has two standard water tanks on a hillside, visible from I-81 southbound. At one time, one tank was labeled "Hot" and one "Cold."
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There's Gaffney, SC's Peachoid, which is obviously shaped like a peach. I love tacky local small town attractions like these.
Back in the late 80s the myth was that it was (by design) mooning Charlotte.
Don't know about anybody else, but whenever I would drive by the peach water tower near Gaffney SC, I always thought that it looked like a gigantic butt mooning I-85.
Wrong direction! Seeing that GA is the Peach State, shouldn't it be mooning Atlanta instead?
That would make some sense given that Upstate SC produces way more peaches than the entirety of Georgia to stick it in their faces, as it were. However IIRC it was more about big city looking down on small town kind of thing.
I did some googling and couldn't find any reference to this myth. The official reason it was built in 1981 was to highlight that the Gaffney area was a prodigious peach producer.
This tower used to sit atop 909 Walnut, downtown Kansas City MO. I remember seeing it in the 60's but it has been gone for decades.
(https://i.imgur.com/2pz2khP.jpg)
No one's mentioned Georgia's Beautiful Butts tower in Butts County?
Quote from: Throckmorton on August 29, 2019, 09:35:10 AM
This tower used to sit atop 909 Walnut, downtown Kansas City MO. I remember seeing it in the 60's but it has been gone for decades.
(https://i.imgur.com/2pz2khP.jpg)
Wouldn't this be a doppler (or similar) radar site, not a water tower?
I have a distant memory of a unique structure that was visible from the EB PA Turnpike somewhere in suburban Philly.
The water tower -- or whatever it was (a fuel tank?) -- was shaped like a gigantic ice cream sundae! It even had 2 or 3 drops of "melted ice cream" streaming down the side.
If this wasn't all in my imagination, as I was no more than 5 when I last saw this, is that structure still there and with the same appearance?
Quote from: -- US 175 -- on August 29, 2019, 02:01:50 PM
Wouldn't this be a doppler (or similar) radar site, not a water tower?
You are correct. I always assumed it was a water tower. Also it was not removed until 1995. I thought much earlier.
The one in Brookfield, WI along I-94 that leans looks cool.
This one in Galveston.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52082589237_5835fdeb69_4k.jpg)
Quote from: roadman65 on May 19, 2022, 08:51:03 AM
This one in Galveston.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52082589237_5835fdeb69_4k.jpg)
That looks... very normal.
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This one in Galveston.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52082589237_5835fdeb69_4k.jpg)
That looks... very normal.
It's the location of it plus the shade of blue and the hospital. Plus graces the start of SH 275 from SH 87.
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This one of an industrial plant in Woodlawn, Texas is so cool as its different from most others as its a perfect sphere.
Any that you would like to share.
Its not... the World's Tallest Water Sphere.
http://www.worldstallestwatersphere.com/
The Alsip, IL, water tower on I-294 is red, white and blue, and has become a landmark for people from Indiana traveling to O'Hare, Great America, or Wisconsin.
As far as Hollywood studios go, Warner Bros. has that iconic water tower that has been featured in many of its films, including Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and is now a prominent part of its opening sequence.
Surprised no one has mentioned Adair, IA.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Adair_Iowa_watertower.jpg/450px-Adair_Iowa_watertower.jpg?20180730190650)
This one in Crewe, VA has something like a brick or cinder block design on its top half with a picture of a train on it
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aB4wyMB5Nsf7E9hm8
I think a "cool water tower" is nearly impossible to create, but it could be done with a slender design and a good paint job.
The Fresno Watertower which was built in 1894:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/811/26544464867_bc8075db40_6k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GrDjBn)0 (https://flic.kr/p/GrDjBn) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/898/27544494818_a161470a69_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HY1JF5)IMG_4767 (https://flic.kr/p/HY1JF5) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/801/26544458387_0fbd754b6a_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GrDhFD)IMG_4768 (https://flic.kr/p/GrDhFD) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/818/26544457207_c06120ebef_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GrDhki)IMG_4770 (https://flic.kr/p/GrDhki) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/795/26544454387_8510181d83_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GrDguF)IMG_4772 (https://flic.kr/p/GrDguF) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
In the news over the past few days, there's this (recently vandalized) water tower in Kingsland, Arkansas featuring a silhouette of Johnny Cash ...
(https://imagez.tmz.com/image/64/4by3/2022/05/17/64f812700bf04df9aaf6d1567443835c_md.jpg)
I'm now thinking of the prominent, brick standpipes in Syracuse, especially the one in Thornden Park.
The one in Jones Beach that looks like a monument.
https://goo.gl/maps/UPedT3FABSLnmN9v9
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The one in Jones Beach that looks like a monument.
https://goo.gl/maps/UPedT3FABSLnmN9v9
Now that's cool!
This water tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan has a rather interesting shape. Built in 1890 on the highest point in the city, still in use today.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ypsilanti_Water_Tower_2011.JPG/800px-Ypsilanti_Water_Tower_2011.JPG)
It even has its own Wikipedia entry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypsilanti_Water_Tower
Wildwood NJ recently painted theirs to look like a beach ball (https://wildwoodvideoarchive.com/wildwood-water-tower-gets-a-beach-ball-makeover/)
And cited before in this forum is the peach tower (https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1168) in Gaffney SC, which is very well known in the southeast.
St Louis Compton Hill Water Tower
(https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/cultural-resources/images/Compton-Hill-Water-Towersm.JPG)
St Louis Bissell Water Tower
(https://racstl.org/wp-content/uploads/Bissell-Water-Tower.jpg)
St Louis Grand Avenue Water Tower
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5293%2F5544357498_f6383be589.jpg&hash=231aa02852ac1cd74839252a2e9a8c2149c6b5ce)
Yes, that's a water tower though no longer in service
Not exactly uncommon type, but I would post this one cause the tower is now history.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52173802228_28dd934f73_k.jpg)
It obviously got razed when the factory got leveled that it was part of.
https://goo.gl/maps/3XzPzJVTK45WrocK6 The scene now.