Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen
The Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen are the two pylons of the combined 220kV/110kV poweline for 4 circuits (2 for 220kV, 2 for 110kV) crossing River Rhine at Duisburg-Rheinhausen with a span width of 570 metres. These 118.8 metre high pylons were built in 1926 and are equipped with 6 crossbars in 6 levels for carrying the 12 conductors.
Tecnical data
- Height crossbar 1: 81.8 metres
- Span width crossbar 1: 17.5 metres
- Height crossbar 2: 89.8 metres
- Span width crossbar 2: 15 metres
- Height crossbar 3: 97.8 metres
- Span width crossbar 3: 12.5 metres
- Height crossbar 4: 103.8 metres
- Span width crossbar 4: 13.5 metres
- Height crossbar 5: 109 metres
- Span width crossbar 5: 11 metres
- Height crossbar 6: 115 metres
- Span width crossbar 6: 8.5 metres
The crossbars 1,2 and 3 carry the circuits for the 220kV-circuits, while the crossbars 4,5 and 6 carry the circuits for 110kV. This is in contrast to the standard mode of powerline construction where the circuiits for the highest voltages are on the topmost crossbars.
- Picture:
- http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0016200
- Construction drawing: Turmbauwerke, Bauverlag GmbH, Wiesbaden (Deutschland), 1966 (there called as "Kreuzungsmaste am Niederrhein")