"An electricity pylon is pulled down near Martinstown, in Winterbourne, England, on September 30, 2022. The National Grid has started to remove 22 pylons and 8.8 kilometers of overhead cable to transform views of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Going Underground project is one of the first schemes in the world to remove high-voltage electricity-transmission infrastructure solely to enhance the landscape. "
One of the Photos of the Week from The Atlantic (credit Finnbarr Webster / Getty)
This was done on a smaller scale for the Mormon temple in Gilbert, AZ:
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Another unique aspect of this project was the LDS Church’s request that the design team coordinate with Salt River Project (SRP) for the undergrounding design and construction of existing 69kV overhead lines along the project’s frontage of both Greenfield and Pecos Roads. The undergrounding was done for aesthetic purposes–removing the large poles and overhead lines which would otherwise detract from the beauty of the nearby Temple.
Pity the poor backhoe guy that digs into a 512kv buried electrical line.
ReplyDeleteSure I've seen the gif of this when they were dancing before they fell over.
ReplyDeleteI applaud the move, but it seems a bit hypocritical. Aren't wind farms as much as a blight on the aesthetics of the landscape?
ReplyDeleteYour argument has also been used by those who are opposed to solar farms. But these towers are transmission lines, not power generators, so their function can be conducted underground. Not so for the wind and solar farms.
DeleteI hope they installed and tested the buried cables before the towers were taken down. I've heard, oh that's a different contractor and he's a little behind schedule, too many times.
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Most likely planning to build houses there.
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