Tag:power=pole/Gallery
Generally the decision between a power=tower and a power=pole is based on the power line the tower carries ( power=line and power=minor_line, respectively), but sometimes these examples of the towers and poles might be of help.
A typical power tower of steel lattice.
A bit smaller power tower with wooden vertical parts. High voltage, as seen from the insulators.
Another, yet a bit different. High voltage, as seen from the insulators.
A typical steel lattice power tower carrying a dual-circuit 230 kV / 60 Hz power line.
Steel lattice power towers carrying single-circuit and dual-circuit 115 kV / 60 Hz power lines.
A high voltage line tower with a staple shape structure.
A narrower-than-usual tower carrying a 110 kV line - tower fits on a highway median.
Typical Finnish 20 kV line (topmost), a transformer and the resulting 400 V line.
A branching minor_line, same voltage in all directions?
A typical wooden pole in a curve, vertical pole with a diagonal support pole.
60 kV line using mostly wooden poles but also steel poles whenever there is a slight turn.
The most typical pole in rural areas.
Simple wooden poles carrying 60 kV and 12 kV 60 Hz circuits and two ground wires.
A guyed wooden pole rated at 115 kV / 60 Hz.
Examples of features where the classification might not be immediately obvious:
An untypical power=tower right next to a power plant. Not very high voltage, as seen from the insulators.
Roseville Electric dual-circuit 60 kV line crossing below other power lines on a low and wide two-legged steel tower.
A variety of power lines (230/115/60/12 kV).
A SMUD dual-circuit 230 kV line on tubular steel poles.
The base of a large tubular steel power pole for a 230 kV / 60 Hz power line under construction.
On older power lines with wooden towers, bends are often constructed this way, especially at high altitudes: each cable is carried on a separate guyed pole (in the background, a regular two-legged tower). Since the entire power line is mapped as a single way (with cables=3), I tagged the trio of poles as a single tower, not as three separate poles.
