Photo Credit: Cody Brodeur
While currently towering above mustard fields, the hybrid towers will eventually be submerged by Lake Success, with their concrete base protecting the metal portion and power lines from the water.
Photo Credit: Cody Brodeur
The 220-kilovolt transmission towers were de-energized in turns so that helicopters could carefully string them through the new H-frame hybrid towers.
Photo Credit: Hamid Arshadi
The hybrid towers range in height from 120 to 190 feet, dwarfing the ladder towers that were built in 1912. They extend 25 feet underground to provide additional reinforcement and limit the power lines from sagging.
Engineering a Safe Future at Lake Success
It was time to replace electrical towers at Tulare County’s Lake Success, so Southern California Edison employed an innovative design to last another century and beyond.
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