Sindelfingen

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Image of Shorty located in Sindelfingen, Germany
Sindelfingen, Germany

Shorty

Shortest overhead power line in the world

Said to be the shortest overhead power line in the entire world, Shorty is just 94 meters long and consists of only two pylons: a wooden termination tower and a tower transformer. The transformer... »

Electrical Oddities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Image of Anlage 212 located in Sindelfingen, Germany | Pylon 5 of Anlage 212.
Sindelfingen, Germany

Anlage 212

Power line with pylons on huge concrete bases to prevent terrorist attacks

Anlage 212 is the designation of the 110 kV powerline running from Sindelfingen substation to the Daimler-Benz car factory. In 1987, the first five pylons of the line were placed on top of the... »

Outsider Architecture | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and Dylan