Description • Electricity pylon, capable of carrying four 380 kV-circuits, built as strainer for the double-circuit 380 kV-powerline Oberzier-Sechtem.
• In 1977 a covered public observation deck accessible by a staircase was installed on this tower, which was probably the only observation deck ever installed on an electricity pylon.
• In 2002 two single-phase AC circuits for the 110 kV-line Cologne-Sindorf of the German railway company, DB AG, were installed on its lowest crossbar.
• In 2010 the observation platform was removed, after repeated vandalism, which concerned also parts important for the integrity of the pylon, occurred. Today only a concrete plate between its legs and a pattern in the form of an inverted "v" in its lattice structure remember to the former observation deck.
* Length of lowest crossbar, measured from tower centre to tip: 16.7 metres
* Length of medium crossbar, measured from tower centre to tip: 18.4 metres
* Length of topmost crossbar, measured from tower centre to tip: 16.7 metres
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