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Jenny Globe

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

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When Jenny Products invented the steam cleaner in 1927, it was originally called the “Hypressure Vapor Spray Generator.” That name proved to be a bit of a mouthful, and was eventually shortened to “High Pressure Jenny.” As Jenny Products Company continued their successful business, they decided to celebrate. 

In the late 1960s, the company erected this spinning fiberglass globe on a tall pole. Though shaped like a water tower, this is in fact a map of the earth which serves as an eye-catching advertisement for Jenny Products.

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From the Pennsylvania Turnpike, take Exit 110 and go through two stoplights. Or, enter 822 N Pleasant Ave Somerset, Pennsylvania into your GPS. Parking is free at the Jenny Products building, so you can get out and watch the globe spin.

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Jenny Globe
850 N Pleasant Ave
Somerset, Pennsylvania, 15501
United States
40.015104, -79.075831
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