pylon
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Edison had installed safety equipment at both ends of the out-of-service, unconnected transmission line in Eaton Canyon, including at the pylon known as Tower 208 where the fire ignited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Green Gen, owned by parent company Bute Energy, hopes to build three major electricity pylon routes connecting planned onshore windfarms in mid and west Wales with the wider grid network.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The model of plane is known to deploy a parachute system and images circulating online appeared to show a yellow parachute canopy caught in a nearby pylon.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Investigators later determined that improper repair work on the American Airlines plane had damaged parts within its pylon, a structure that attaches the engine to the wing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
I turned away and found a perch on a pylon where a herring gull had been keeping watch but was now down among the baitfish, guzzling its lunch.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
Battle lines drawn over 'monstrous' pylons and solar farm 'wastelands'
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
His board did not survive and smashed into the pier’s pylons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
The arrival of new substations, sea cables on shore and hundreds of miles of new pylons may create local disputes.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Seguro and Ventura have drastically rewritten their election scripts and appearances to focus on the towns and villages worst hit by floods, where the storm has torn down buildings and pylons.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Fireworks explode above the bridge’s massive pylons and armed soldiers salute us on both sides as gigantic steel cables shoot to the sky.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
