Pylons of Cádiz

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Cádiz Pylon

The Pylons of Cádiz (Torres de Cadiz) are two pylons for a 132 kV power line crossing the bay of Cádiz, Spain.

The pylons of Cádiz are 158 metres high and designed for two circuits. The pylons of Cádiz were designed by A. M. Toscano and form a very unconventional construction, which consists of a frustum steel framework construction with a narrow grid width and one crossbar on the top for the conductors.

This unconventional construction mode was chosen because Spanish steel factories were not able to produce large steel carriers at the time these pylons were built, and importing such carriers was impossible because of the Francisco Franco regime.

The construction was carried out under the supervision and direction of Mr. Remo Scalla, a close friend of Mr. Alberto Toscana. The same designer/builder team of Toscana and Scalla also joined forces in the lines that crossed the Messina Straight in Italy, which joined the Italian mainland and Sicily. The actual start of the Torres de Cadiz project was during the latter part 1957 and concluded in 1960.

Hyperboloid pylons of similar design by V. G. Shukhov can be seen near Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.

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Torres de Cadiz 1958	Torres de Cadiz 1959	Torres de Cadiz 1960	Torres de Cadiz 1960, Fort Puntales
Tower Elevator	Inside View	Inside View	Construction
Tending of the Lines	Line Work	Remo Scalla, center	Making and Tending of the lines
The true "High Wire Act"	Inaugural Party	Inaugural Party	Matagorda Site with Puntales Fort in the background
Closeup Fort Puntales Tower 2001	Puntales Tower Site taken from the city of Cadiz	Torres de Cadiz 2006	Drawing of Cádiz Pylon demonstrating its structure