Pylon of the Month
All about electricity pylons and transmission networks
Category: Travel
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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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After a break for the month of August, Pylon of the Month returns for the new academic year. This month's pylon is the blogging equivalent of the traditional "What I did on my Summer Holidays" essay that marks the return to school for so many pupils. It is located on the Pelion peninsula in Greece…
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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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This month's sees Pylon of the Month in the southern hemisphere for the first time. A fan of the website from Australia sent this picture with the following information: "Here are a few snaps from a recent road trip from Adelaide, South Australia to Melbourne, Victoria." I use Google Analytics to see where my blog…
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After last month's rock and roll pylon, I decided to head abroad again with this picture submitted by yet another fan of the website. The pylons are in the Arizona Desert near the City of Page ("the center of canyon country") and almost certainly carry electricity away from the coal fired Navajo Generating Station. You can…
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Another August and another holiday pylon. Like 2009, this one is from Turkey although from the Mediterranean rather than the Aegean coast. The picture was taken overlooking the Roman theatre at the ruins of the Lycian town of Myra. We were actually staying in Kalkan, about 90 minutes away, but a day trip allowed us…
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