Post by robin on Aug 9, 2015 17:54:36 GMT -5
I drove past this pre-grid line last year on the next road down and knew I had to get back with my camera. Imagine my disappointment when I drove down the road to find a row of brand new pylons, felled old ones and the dreaded Balfour Beatty signs. But what's this? The new ones appear to be replicas of the old ones. Have they suddenly realised the old ones look better, or (more likely) are they getting round possible planning objections by replacing like with like? The old line looked like it had been out of use for some time, the pylons were really scabby considering how good the other old towers look round here. a google streetview of what used to be here-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/deanscales%207_zpsltsiwys2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
Sorry it's a bit distant.
And what's there now-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/016_zpsfgyd9oem.jpg.html?sort=3&o=9
The sad remains of the old tower-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/018_zpsiqkbzudq.jpg.html?sort=3&o=8
And probably the next tower up which was an angle tower, also replaced with a new one the same style but I blurred the picture. Somewhere else I have to go back to!
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/021_zpsraqwnuuw.jpg.html?sort=3&o=7
The reason I came down here instead of the other road is because the map shows the line turning through a full 90 degrees. A hefty pylon for a pre-grid line still being wired up-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/022_zpsvjuk9k4u.jpg.html?sort=3&o=6
but alas, that's not what was there before. Google streetview-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/deanscales13_zpsxeanq2ee.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
The landranger map on close inspection does indeed show two towers together. To the left of the picture the wires went to wooden poles and then seemed to be anchored to the ground. I would guess that the line continued in that direction originally and the other line tee'd off at the angle tower. On the O/S map the line goes north-east to a place south of Bothel, but there are no pylons there now so where the new ones go to I don't know.
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/deanscales%207_zpsltsiwys2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
Sorry it's a bit distant.
And what's there now-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/016_zpsfgyd9oem.jpg.html?sort=3&o=9
The sad remains of the old tower-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/018_zpsiqkbzudq.jpg.html?sort=3&o=8
And probably the next tower up which was an angle tower, also replaced with a new one the same style but I blurred the picture. Somewhere else I have to go back to!
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/021_zpsraqwnuuw.jpg.html?sort=3&o=7
The reason I came down here instead of the other road is because the map shows the line turning through a full 90 degrees. A hefty pylon for a pre-grid line still being wired up-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/022_zpsvjuk9k4u.jpg.html?sort=3&o=6
but alas, that's not what was there before. Google streetview-
s1286.photobucket.com/user/batman19711/media/deanscales13_zpsxeanq2ee.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
The landranger map on close inspection does indeed show two towers together. To the left of the picture the wires went to wooden poles and then seemed to be anchored to the ground. I would guess that the line continued in that direction originally and the other line tee'd off at the angle tower. On the O/S map the line goes north-east to a place south of Bothel, but there are no pylons there now so where the new ones go to I don't know.