Germantown, Maryland: Earthoid: Earth Globe Water Storage Tank
From a distance, it looks like a mini-earth has touched down next to the freeway. Artist Peter Freudenberg came up with the design for the 100-ft. tall globe, painted in 1980.
Montgomery College
- Address:
- Observation Dr., Germantown, MD
- Directions:
- Montgomery College. I-270 exit 15, top third is visible above the trees east of the highway. Germantown Rd then right on Observation Dr. to end.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Easy place to park at the Earth globe water storage tank. Very cool.
[Janet, 05/22/2016]The water tower has been repainted in the last few years. I work at the college where the tower is located and can see it from my office window three seasons out of the year. According to a history professor, the world would be a different place if the new paint job were accurate, for much of the Middle East is now under water.
[Bryant, 06/16/2015]
Went to see the water tank Saturday afternoon, however the tank is painted white at the moment. It looks like they are working on it, as there is a fence up and construction material around.
[rhoda, 10/05/2011]
I've been passing by this globe for some time, never really realizing it was actually a water tank! After discovering its true identity on this web site, I figured I'd go take a look for myself and provide a clearer photo of the Earth replica -- including the sun for added effect!
[Nat Balsley, 04/27/2007]For your "water tower collection": On the campus of Montgomery College, in Germantown, Maryland, a LARGE water tank/tower in the guise of a world globe. Easily visible from I-270 at State Route 118, it shows all the continents and oceans, covered with clouds and a tropical depression in mid-Atlantic.
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