Chester teapot
{{Short description|Attraction in Chester, West Virginia}}
The Chester teapot is billed as the "World's Largest Teapot", which measures {{convert|14|feet|m}} in height by {{convert|14|feet|m}} in diameter. Its current location is on the former site of a popular amusement park, Rock Springs Park (1897–1970), off an onramp along U.S. Highway 30 in the City of Chester in Hancock County, West Virginia.
History
It was originally brought to Chester in 1938 to represent the largest pottery industry in the world at that time. The teapot was originally a Hires Root Beer sign in the shape of a large barrel and was converted into a teapot upon its arrival in Chester. The teapot underwent restorations in 1990 and 2007{{cite web |title=Chester, WV - World's Largest Teapot |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1482?offset=5 |website=RoadsideAmerica.com |accessdate=7 January 2019 |language=en}} by the citizens of Chester. By coincidence Charles Elmer Hires' root beer may also have had its inspiration in a kind of herbal tea.
Gallery
File:Chester Teapot.JPG|The Chester Teapot at night (2013)
Popular culture
- The Chester teapot is a location in Fallout 76, as The Giant Teapot.{{cite web|last1=Gorski|first1=Sam|last2=Rather|first2=Joey|date=May 3, 2024|title=What Fallout 76 gets right, and wrong, about West Virginia|url=https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/what-fallout-76-gets-right-and-wrong-about-west-virginia/|publisher=WBOY|accessdate=August 9, 2024|language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140612140933/http://www.chester-wv.us/largest-teapot.html Official Chester WV Site - World's Largest Teapot]
- [http://weirton.lib.wv.us/hancock/ches/teapot.html History of the World's Largest Teapot]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050211050111/http://www.wlra.us/wl/wlteapot.htm World's Largest Roadside Attractions article]
{{Northern Panhandle of West Virginia}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Hancock County, West Virginia
Category:Landmarks in West Virginia
Category:Tourist attractions in Hancock County, West Virginia
Category:Roadside attractions in West Virginia
Category:Novelty buildings in West Virginia
Category:Chester, West Virginia
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