article_snippet.sent: it has been almost 90 years since the UK's first new pylon as we know
article_snippet.sent: National Grid has revealed the UK's first new pylon for nearly 90 years.
article_snippet.sent: Britain's first pylon, erected in July 1928 near Edinburgh, was designed by architectural luminary Sir Reginald Blomfield, inspired by the Greek root of the word
article_snippet.sent: ‘pylon’ (meaning gateway of an Egyptian temple).
article_snippet.sent: There are now more than 88,000 pylons in the UK, including 22,000 on National Grid’s main transmission network in England and Wales.
article_snippet.sent: Today there are more than 88,000 lattice pylons in the UK, including 22,000 on National Grid’s main transmission network in England and Wales.
article_snippet.sent: more than 88,000 lattice pylons in the UK, including 22,000 on National Grid’s main transmission network in England and Wales stand some 165ft (50 metres) high, weigh around 30 tonnes and carry up to 400,000 volts of electricity over thousands of kilometres .
highlights_snippet.sent: National Grid has revealed the UK's first new pylon for nearly 90 years .
  