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A 'pylons' is the layman's name for what people employed in the electrical industry call 'towers'. Towers are steel lattice structures from which high-voltage transmission and distribution lines are suspended. Towers must be high enough to ensure that the line conductors maintain a safe clearance at their lowest point.
In the UK, towers are used to support lines from 132 kV and above. In some cases, they are also used to support 66-kV and 33-kV lines, although these are normally supported by wooden poles.
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∙ 13y agoWe usually see electricity travelling through pylons which are made of steel the reason why they use this is because it is a very strong metal.
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∙ 10y agoElectricity pylons or, to give them their correct name, 'towers', are manufactured from galvanised steel.
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