Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon
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The Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon, (tower designation 4ZO251B), is an electricity pylon which stands with its feet over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Heyrod, Stalybridge, Cheshire at 53°29'37"N, 2°2'25"W. The Stalybridge substation was built while the canal was closed to navigation, and when the canal reopened it had to pass between the pylon's legs.
One side of the pylon carries the 400 kV Stalybridge–Thorpe Marsh circuit and the other a 275 kV Stalybridge transformer feeder circuit.
This may be the only electricity pylon in the world under which one can pass in a boat.
[edit] See also
In a similar manner, the BT Tower in Birmingham may be the only such structure situated over a canal.
[edit] External links
- Aerial photo of Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon. Other map and aerial photo sources.
- Photo: [1] and [2]
- Pennine waterways page which notes that the canal has been re-routed at this point.
