Saturday, 17 March 2012

Pylons

Tower Year Country Town Pinnacle Remarks

Yangtze River Bridge 2003 China Jiangyin 346.5m Tallest pylons in the world

Pylons of Pearl River Bridge 1987 China Pearl River 253 m + 240 m

Orinoco River Bridge ? Venezuela Caroní 240 m Tallest electricity pylons in South America

HVDC Yangtze River Bridge Wuhu 2003 China ? 229 m Tallest electricity pylons acclimated for HVDC

Elbe Bridge 2 1976–1978 Germany Stade 227 m

Chusi Powerline Bridge 1962 Japan Chusi 226 m Tallest electricity pylons in Japan

Daqi-Channel-Crossing 1997 Japan Takehara 223 m

Overhead band bridge Suez Canal 1998 Egypt 221 m

Pylons of Messina 1957 Italy Messina 232 m ( 224 m after basement) not acclimated as pylons any more

Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Belfry East ? Russia Balakovo 197 m

LingBei-Channel-Crossing 1993 Japan Reihoku 195 m

380kV Thames Bridge 1965 UK West Thurrock 190 m

Elbe Bridge 1 1958–1962 Germany Stade 189 m

Tracy Saint Lawrence River Powerline Bridge ? Canada Tracy 174.6 m tallest electricity brace in Canada

Bosporus aerial band bridge III 1999 Turkey Istanbul 160 m

Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Belfry West ? Russia Balakovo 159 m

Pylons of Cadiz ? Spain Cadiz 158 m

Aust Severn Powerline Bridge ? UK Aust 148.75 m

132kV Thames Bridge 1932 UK West Thurrock 148.4 m demolished in 1987

Karmsundet Powerline Bridge ? Norway Karmsundet 143.5 m

Limfjorden Aerial powerline bridge 2 ? Denmark Raerup 141.7 m

Saint Lawrence River HVDC Quebec-New England Aerial Powerline Bridge 1989 Canada Deschambault-Grondines 140 m dismantled in 1992

Pylons of Voerde 1926 Germany Voerde 138 m

Köhlbrand Powerline Bridge ? Germany Hamburg 138 m

Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Bridge ? Germany Bremen 135 m

Pylons of Ghesm Bridge 1984 Iran Strait of Ghesm 130 m One brace continuing on a caisson in the sea

Shukhov belfry on the Oka River 1929 Russia Dzerzhinsk 128 m Hyperboloid structure, 2 towers, one of them demolished

Tarchomin brace of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Bridge ? Poland Tarchomin 127 m

Skolwin brace of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Bridge ? Poland Skolwin 126 m

Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Bridge 2 1977 Ukraine Enerhodar 126 m

Little Belt Aerial powerline bridge 2 ? Denmark Middelfart 125.3 m

Inoujście brace of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Bridge ? Poland Inoujście 125 m

Duisburg-Wanheim Powerline Rhine Bridge ? Germany Duisburg 122 m

Lomianki brace of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Bridge ? Poland Lomianki 121 m

Little Belt Aerial powerline bridge 1 ? Denmark Middelfart 119.5 m

Little Belt Aerial powerline bridge 2 ? Denmark Middelfart 119.2 m

Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen 1926 Germany Duisburg-Rheinhausen 118.8 m

Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Bridge ? Germany Bullenhausen 117 m

Lubaniew-Bobrowniki Vistula Powerline Bridge ? Poland Lubaniew/Bobrowniki 117 m

Świeże Górne-Rybakow Vistula Powerline Bridge ? Poland Świeże Górne/Rybaków 116 m

Ostrówek-Tursko Vistula Powerline Bridge ? Poland Ostrówek/Tursko 115 m

Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Bridge ? Germany Bremen 111 m two alongside active powerlines

Probostwo Dolne brace of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Bridge ? Poland Nowy Bógpomóż/Probostwo Dolne 111 m

Daugava Powerline Bridge 1975 Latvia Riga 110 m

Nowy Bógpomóż brace of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Bridge ? Poland Nowy Bógpomóż 109 m

Regów Gołąb Vistula Powerline Bridge ? Poland Regów/Gołąb 108 m

Orsoy Rhine Bridge ? Germany Orsoy 105 m

Limfjorden Aerial powerline bridge 1 ? Denmark Raerup 101.2 m

Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Bridge 2 1977 Ukraine Enerhodar 100 m

Reisholz Rhine Powerline Bridge 1917 Germany Düsseldorf ? Under the legs of the brace on the east bank of Rhine there runs the abuse to adjacent Holthausen substation

Strelasund Powerline Bridge ? Germany Sundhagen 85 m

380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Bridge ? Germany Mark (south of Weener) 84 m

Pylon in the bogus basin of Santa Maria 1959 Switzerland Lake of Santa Maria 75 m Pylon in an bogus lake

Zaporizhzhia Brace Amateur ? Ukraine Zaporizhzhia 74.5 m Two amateur pylns acclimated for a powerline bridge from Khortytsia Island to the east bank of Dneipr

Aggersund Bridge of Cross-Skagerak 1977 Denmark Aggersund 70 m

Carquinez Strait Powerline Bridge 1901 United States Benicia 68 m + 20 m World's aboriginal powerline bridge of a beyond waterway

Anlage 2610, Mast 69 ? Germany Bochum 47 m Pylon of 220kV-powerline busy with assurance in Ruhr-Park mall.

Colossus of Eislingen 1980 Germany Eislingen/Fils 47 m

Pink Brace ? UK Ashworth Valley ? demounted

Huddersfield Narrow Canal Brace ? UK Stalybridge, Greater Manchester ?

Bosporus aerial band bridge I 1957 Turkey Istanbul ?

Bosporus aerial band bridge II 1983 Turkey Istanbul ?

edit Monuments

See also: Monument

Tower Year Country Town Pinnacle Remarks

Torre del Reformador 1935 Guatemala Guatemala City 75 m

Mount Gorbea acme cantankerous 1907 Spain Mount Gorbea 17.2 m

edit Lighthouses

Main article: Lighthouse

Tower Year Country Town Pinnacle Remarks

Campen Lighthouse 1889 Germany Krummhörn 65.3 m

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