The Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant Crossing Pylon is an
overhead powerline crossing of the
Daugava River
, be, Заходняя Дзвіна (), liv, Vēna, et, Väina, german: Düna
, image = Fluss-lv-Düna.png
, image_caption = The drainage basin of the Daugava
, source1_location = Valdai Hills, Russia
, mouth_location = Gulf of Riga, Baltic S ...
, near
Salaspils
Salaspils (; german: Kircholm; sv, Kirkholm) is a town in Latvia, the administrative centre of Salaspils Municipality. The town is situated on the northern bank of the Daugava river, 18 kilometers to the south-east of the city of Riga.
His ...
in the
Latvia.
The present crossing was built in 1974, and includes one 112-metre tall
lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a support for ...
.
It is the tallest
electricity pylon
A transmission tower, also known as an electricity pylon or simply a pylon in British English and as a hydro tower in Canadian English, is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line.
In electrical ...
in the
Latvia.
See also
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Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant
External links
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Panoramio - Photo of DAUGAVA_RIVER-1Panoramio - Photo of Elektrolīnija pāri DaugavaiPanoramio - Photo of Unnamed Road, Salaspils lauku teritorija, LV-2121, Latvia
Towers completed in 1974
Electric power infrastructure in Latvia
Towers in Latvia
Powerline river crossings
Pylons
Lattice towers
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