Augusta Drive-In
Sand Bar Ferry Road & Lovers Lane,
Augusta,
GA
30901
Sand Bar Ferry Road & Lovers Lane,
Augusta,
GA
30901
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The Augusta Drive-In located on Sand Bar Ferry Road was like the Skyview Drive-In. Both were in the city limits in mainly urban areas.
After opening it did not operate for very long. One reason was the beautiful Hilltop Drive-In was right across the river in North Augusta. By 1956 it was closed.
In 1953 it played on a March night "Pick-up"
with Beverly Michaels and Hugo Haas. With a star studded cast like that is there anyway it could survive? The second feature was "Fighting Westerner" with Ann Sheridan. And of course there was a color cartoon. They showed the main feature at 6:30 and 9:46. The second feature played at 8:31 only.
I visited the lot years ago. It was so overgrown that I was afraid of snake bite, plus the hood where we were parked we worried if we would still have cars when we got back. You could still see part of the screen which was located close to the Savannah River.
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The Augusta Drive-In was the first and for many years the only drive-in. I believe it opened around 1940. When the hydrogen bomb plant was under construction and thousands of constuction workers moved in several more opened. I remember the Sky View, Highway One, Forest Hills, Hilltop, Cloverleaf among others. The Sky View was the most popular during my teen dating years and yes we did smuggle people in inside the car trunk.
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Sandbar Ferry Rd & Lovers Ln, Augusta, GA 30901
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is on the north side of Sandbar Ferry Rd between Courthland Dr and Faithhope St.
Here is a 1951 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS.
It is in such a bad part of Augusta I don’t drive over there,but at one time the screen or parts up it were up.Almost right on the River.
Here some aerial views.If you look real hard you can still see the screen.
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Hey,It is still standing.too bad a person couldn’t visit it,but you could get Killed.Very bad section of Augusta.
Well, June 8 1957 it was surprize night no titles listed in the paper!Show starts at Dusk.Always a cartoon.
In the early 1950’s I talked my mom into taking me to a midnight double horror show at the Augusta Drive-In, my first ever. The features were two old 1930’s Universal horror re-releases, “The Raven” and “Dracula’s Daughter”. It rained through most of it. Why can I remember that in such detail, but I can’t remember what I went to the store for this morning?
Good post ,Cajun.“MARTIN LUTHER” has a big ad in paper.It is also playing at Forest Hills drive-in.Admission was $1.13. three color cartoons.“Martin Luther” at the Augusta Drive-in.