"This post is warmly dedicated to all who admire and love pylons, insulators, corona rings, power plants and everything else that is the electrical transmission grid that sustains and supplies our daily lives with precious electricity."
Last week, I got up early to catch the beautiful sunny day and was out shooting pylons and electrical lines for this post. It was a cold, windy a.m., but the autumn sun made up for it. I got busy getting these shots with one of my recently refurbished vintage Pentax digital cameras and am happy to report its performance was stellar.
I live in the outskirts of my city and my hood is a few blocks away from a behemoth power station which provides electricity to the entire south east side. Before our subdivision was developed in in the early 2000s, it was vast farmland and acreages, thus the wooden power line poles and aged electrical lines still exist in some areas of the hood.
They haven't been replaced with newer ones but but I'm okay with that. It's a statement to these poles and transmission equipment that they were solidly made and have passed the test of time. Why fix it if it's not broke!
Did you know the Eiffel Tower was designed like a large pylon? If you are interested, have a peek at the fascinating 'Origins and Construction of the Eiffel Tower'.
More to come as the weather gets colder and the frost and snow do their chilly thing! Enjoy my photos and thanks for stopping by!
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