380 kV Thames overhead line crossing
The 380 kV Thames overhead line crossing is an overhead line crossing for 380 kV built in 1965 at West Thurrock in Great Britain across the Thames . It is laid on the highest overhead line masts in Great Britain, which with a height of 190 meters even tower over the BT Tower in London. The span of the line over the Thames is 1372 meters, the headroom 76 meters.
This line was not the first overhead line crossing of the Thames shortly before its mouth. Between 1927 and 1932, a 132 kV overhead line was built between Dagenham and Crossness , each suspended from two masts, each 148.4 meters high. This line was dismantled in 1987.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 52 ″ N , 0 ° 17 ′ 41 ″ E