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Electrical Oddities

Stenkullen ACDC Pylons

Only electricity pylons carrying both AC and DC circuits.

Holmfirth, England

Huddersfield Sailing Club Race Control Tower

Collapsed television tower finds new life as a control tower for boat races.

Where All Powerlines Meet

Only spot in the world where an HVDC powerline, a single phase AC and a three phase AC powerline all meet.

Crossing of 400 kV DC line CU ( on large pylons) of 250 kV DC line Square Butte ( on small pylons).

Tuttle, North Dakota

CU / Square Butte Crossing

Only place outside China and India where two overhead DC power lines cross.

A strainer of the 380 kV-Powerline between Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk

Lübeck, Germany

380 kV-Powerline between Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk

Only 380 kV Powerline in Europe not directly interconnected to the European 380 kV Grid.

A close look at hanging suspension structure.

Chamonix, France

Vallée Blanche Aerial Tramway Support

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

Edward Dean Adams Power Station

Niagara Falls, New York

Edward Dean Adams Power Plant

Genesis of modern hydroelectric power.

Europe 1 Transmitter building.

Überherrn, Germany

Europe 1 Transmitter

Most powerful transmitter in Germany only broadcasts in the French language.

Warmensteinacher Forst-Nord, Germany

Ochsenkopf TV Tower

Most often copied TV Tower in the world.

Kłobuck County, Poland

Rębielice Królewskie Wind Turbine

The oldest wind turbine in Europe, constructed by a group of friends in 1932.

Vinnytsia, Ukraine

TV Tower Vinnytsia

Transmission tower outfitted with large crossbars that dampen wind-induced oscillations.

Königstein im Taunus, Germany

Grosser Feldberg Telecommunication Tower

World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.

The main hydroelectric building.

Vucje Hydroelectric Plant

Operating continuously since 1903, this "milestone" facility transformed the regional economy.

Lakihegy Radio Tower.

Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary

Lakihegy Radio Tower

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

Train of Mariazellerbahn.

Langseitenrotte, Austria

Mariazellerbahn

Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.

Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1.

Gemmrigheim, Germany

GKN Neckarwestheim, Unit 1

Home of the largest single-phase AC generator in the world.

Rottenbuch, Germany

Rottenbuch Radio Tower

Cell phone tower constructed entirely of wood.

Sindelfingen, Germany

"Shorty" Power Line

Shortest overhead power line in the world.