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WorldAtlas set out to find the most eccentric towns in South Carolina, and this Upstate city made the list. Here's why.
I almost didn't post this because the water tower is such an obvious landmark while traveling Interstate 65. But slow travelers might be interested in getting a closer look. We found the 'peach ...
Amy in short: The 34-year-old peach water tower is getting a facelift. A bit more: Drivers along I-85 have for weeks been noticing the giant shower cap-like "hat" on the Gaffney Peachoid.
A beloved and often frequently lampooned giant peach-shaped water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina, is now surrounded by a 6-foot-tall fence, topped by barbed wire.
The SC Peach Festival Committee moved the event's parade to Blacksburg over a funding dispute with Gaffney, which asked ...
Officials have placed a fence topped with barbed wire around the iconic water tower in South Carolina that's painted like a peach. The general manager of the Gaffney Board of Public Works says the ...
The Peachoid, a one-million-gallon, peach-shaped water tower in Gaffney, S.C., is getting its first complete overhaul after the giant fruit's paint started peeling. Photo: Valerie Bauerlein/The ...
The tower is going to be 125 feet tall, serving Russell Parkway, Watson Boulevard, Gunn Road, and the Joint Development area between Peach and Houston counties.
A South Carolina landmark that's both loved and lampooned is under renovation. You can't miss it driving on I-85 near the North Carolina border: it's a massive peach-shaped water tower. The ...
The giant peach holds 500,000 gallons of water. Clanton's giant peach tower isn't the biggest, though. A peach of a watertower located in Gaffney, South Carolina's is about twice the size of our ...