Neat little transmission tower

By Eian Greene; posted January 17, 2008

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This tower seems out-of-place carrying only 69KV. The reason it looks this way is because it is originating at the Percy Priest Lake powerhouse, which is a peak-demand plant, serving Hermitage (suburb of Nashville). The line dates from the mid-1960s, and is carried on wooden poles after this tower. The lake, dam, and powerhouse are US Corps of Engineers projects.

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