Pylon of the Month
All about electricity pylons and transmission networks
Category: Pylon News
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Sometimes, a month passes so quickly that I never get around to posting a new pylon. As a result I often get e-mails reminding me to update the blog (really I do; you know who you are…..). Looking back through the archives, however, I was shocked to see that there has never been a December…
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This month's Pylon is different for all kinds of reasons as I am sure all but the most unobservant of readers will have already have spotted. After quite a few years of real pylons that you could actually go and visit if you were so inclined, that might prove more diffcult this month. I have…
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This month, I thought it only appropriate to choose an Olympic pylon in recognition of the London Olympics. If you are looking at the picture and wondering what makes this an Olympic pylon then you need to know where it is located in order to make the link. The photo is taken over the River…
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I've been meaning to feature a pylon like this one ever since reading Alan de Botton's splendid book 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work'. It has a chapter on electricity transmission and pylons and in it, he has this to say about pylons: "In different species, I noted varieties of modesty or arrogance, honesty or…
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This month's pylon comes from Afganistan and at a height of around 3800m above sea level, I'm pretty certain that the pylon in the background of the picture is the highest pylon to feature on Pylon of the Month. Are there any higher pylons anywhere in the world? Answers in an e-mail to Pylon of…
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Happy New Year to Pylon fans everywhere!! We start 2012 with a Kenyan pylon (not the first to be featured, see October 2009 for the first Kenyan pylon). The wind and rain are rattling against the window as I write this and so after a rather miserable start to the year on the weather front,…
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After all the excitement of September when Pylon of the Month featured on The One Show I have had a busy time and so hence the very delayed publication of a new pylon. Normal service should be resumed in December, so for for all you pylon fans who have contacted me (there have been quite…
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September marks the beginning of the new school year and so with this academic theme in mind I thought that an Oxford pylon would be appropriate. This picture was taken from a bridge over the railway line about a mile or so south of the city centre in Kennington (very near the entrance to the Redbridge…
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This month sees a departure from the normal for Pylon of the Month. The picture above is of a pylon that has not yet been built. It is, however, the winning design in the recent "Pylons of the Future" international competition run by Italian energy supplier Terna. The picture comes from the winning design team, HDA Hugh…
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As June is now with us and summer really does seem to be 'icumen in' I was drawn to this rather bucolic photograph submitted by a fan of the website. It is just off the A38 (aka the Devon Expressway) between Exeter and Okehampton in Devon and so would be an ideal stop off for pylon fans heading to the…
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