Pylon of the Month
All about electricity pylons and transmission networks
Category: Pylons
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After two recent posts about pylons that have not yet been built and a holiday pylon that was very much in the background, I felt that it was time to get back to a plain vanilla picture of a pylon. The picture may not be anything unusual (although it is far from dull especially with…
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August was an exciting month as Pylon of the Month got a mention on the BBC website. As a result, the previous record for the number of page views in a day was smashed and now stands at 1355. The BBC article was really about an innovative new pylon design that you can see…
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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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Welcome to the first pylon of 2010. Regular visitors to the website will have noticed that there was no pylon for December 2009. I never quite got around to posting one in the early part of the month and then it seemed to me that there was already enough excitement in the lead up to…