The new style of electricity pylon is designed to reduce the impact on the local environment.
As part of the project, 249 old-style pylons will be removed.
Their design, submitted by US engineering company Miliken Brothers, was chosen by leading British architect Sir Reginald Blomfield, the designer of London's Lambeth Bridge, in a 1927 competition. Formally known as "transmission towers", they became known as "pylons" from the Greek word "pyle" meaning "gateway".And the public thought the new steel towers resembled the impressive obelisks on either side of the doors of ancient Egyptian temples.There are about 22,000 pylons in England and Wales, covering more than 4,300 miles.
They need to be high to straddle obstacles such as roads, rivers and railway lines and ensure nothing comes too close to them.But birds are not electrocuted, because they are not touching the ground, so the electricity stays in the power line.
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