Gaffney, South Carolina: Peachoid Water Tower
This giant watersphere is shaped and painted to look like a peach -- but some still think that it resembles a big butt.
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The giant peach was seen on the hit TV show "House of Cards."
[Emma Ryan, 07/22/2018]
Drove by going north, spotted the peach, and captured a couple of pics of the unique water tower!
[Larry and Lisa, 08/06/2014]
The one million gallon peach.
[Leonard J. DeFrancisci, 12/23/2013]From the south it looks like a delicious peach. We couldn't figure out why people called it "the butt in the sky." Then we went around to the other side, which quickly replaced that mystery with another: what led this town to build something that looks like a giant butt in the sky?
[Robert Levy, 05/27/2012]The Peachoid Water Tower is also known throughout the region as "The Peach-Butt," and is used as a common reference point for interstate travelers.
[Yankee John, 08/08/2010][Previous 5 items] Page of 3 [Next 4 items]
Peachoid Water Tower
- Address:
- Peachoid Rd, Gaffney, SC
- Directions:
- North side of I-85 between exits 90 and 92. A service road runs between the two exits. You can get close, but not too close; a gate blocks the private road leading to the Peachoid.
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Voted "Steel Tank of the Year" in 1981, the Peachoid has been scrupulously maintained by its fruit-happy town.