A Conversation for Pylon
Which bit is the Pylon?
Bald Bloke Started conversation Dec 15, 2019
A friend of mine who worked on / up them assures me the correct term is SLT, Steel Lattice Tower and that the Pylons are the bits that support the insulators / cables.
I suspect that this is a case of while he is technically correct, current usage has overtaken terminological exactitude...
Which bit is the Pylon?
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 15, 2019
I'm sure you're right, but the Editor, who is ignorant, gets stuck with naming these photos. 
For years, I lived where I could see those things out my back window, and nobody ever called one an SLT in my hearing. I live and learn. 
Which bit is the Pylon?
Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Dec 16, 2019
Interesting discussion.
I call them "hoogspanningsmasten". To see them I have to look up, because the cables run over my backyard.
At the moment there is a promise to try and solve this conundrum here (NL) by burying all the cables in the ground. Get rid of the pylons.
Which bit is the Pylon?
SashaQ - happysad Posted Dec 17, 2019
Thanks BB - I had heard of that, now you mention it
"I suspect that this is a case of while he is technically correct, current usage has overtaken terminological exactitude..."
Yes indeed - 'pylon' sounds better as a word than SLT!
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