Facility 0704

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Facility 0704 is a 110kV-three phase AC powerline built in 1952 with 2 electric circuits south of Gomaringen, Germany.

Facility 0704 begins at a branch pylon near the loop mill (Schleifmühle) at Gomaringen and runs across a distance of 5.3 kilometers to a final anchor pylon in the proximity of the transformer station at Nehren. Facility 0704 originally served as a reserve exchange line between the former power supply companies Energieversorgung Schwaben AG (EVS) [which, after a merger with Badenwerk AG, is now known as Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW)] and Neckarwerken Stuttgart AG (now also a part of the EnBW).

Since the the early 1980's Facility 0704 has been shut down and can be put into service again only after some changes at the final masts (and an anchor pylon) have been made. Short, shut-down overhead lines are sometimes found in the proximity of transformer stations, so that, in case of malfunctions, spare circuits are available, but a several kilometer long 110kV-overhead line existing for more than in a decade in non-usable condition is very unusual.