The Kerinchi Pylon is a lattice-steel

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located near Menara Telekom in

Kerinchi Bangsar South ( Malay: ''Bangsar Selatan'') is an integrated property development project which sits on the former Kampung Kerinchi site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is renamed of Kampung Kerinchi from the developer to upscale the value of land ...

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. It was built by

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(TNB) in the middle of 1999. At , the pylon is recorded in the

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as the tallest electricity pylon in

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. The Kerinchi Pylon differs from other electricity pylons of comparable height, like those of Elbe Crossing 2, because is it not used for a powerline crossing of a wide waterway and that it is just a single structure. It is the tallest strainer pylon in the world, all taller pylons are suspension pylons of long-distance spans.

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Towers completed in 1999 Towers in Malaysia Pylons Buildings and structures in Kuala Lumpur 1999 establishments in Malaysia {{Malaysia-struct-stub