OT? What is this object?

Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to get
a closer view:


Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?

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Jeff

On 18/08/2018 21:40, Jeff Layman wrote:
Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to get
a closer view:


Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?

It's nothing of interest.

Bill

Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to get
a closer view:


Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?



http://www.dgsys.co.uk/btmicrowave/sites/206.php
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Graham.
%Profound_observation%

On 18/08/2018 21:40, Jeff Layman wrote:
Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to get
a closer view:


Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?



Getting nothing here apart from a blank black screen on Street View.

However, the satellite view just about gives the game away. The dark
grey rectangle in the middle looks very like the roof of an underground
water storage tank, with air vents. The larger of the two towers looks
like a pumping derrick to draw water up from below ground (query:
where's the head stock? Possibly wind driven, now removed and replaced
with electric pumps.). The smaller mast would be an aerial for a)
transmitting data to a control centre, and b) issuing radio instructions
to the tank to pump water into or out of an adjacent water main. Not
sure about the lighter grey rectangle with a corner missing, but it is
possibly another underground tank.

On 18/08/2018 21:40, Jeff Layman wrote:
Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to get
a closer view:


Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?

There's a better view he

/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5LNMoI3tYAx8Vs6MIxWs0g!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656?hl=en

At the date of the photo, it doesn't look as though it's finished.

On 18/08/18 21:40, Jeff Layman wrote:
Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to get
a closer view:


Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?

Thanks for the replies.

It's interesting that according to the link in Graham's post that it
was part of the early West TV system. It also seems that jbm was correct
in mentioning that it was above a water storage tank, as Graham's link
further points to http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2341190, which is
of "Stanborough reservoir and masts". It appears that the only parabolic
reflectors left at the time that photo was taken in 2011 are way down
near the bottom, and are pretty small compared with earlier photos of a
"fully-loaded" mast. There are some whips and dipoles further up, too,
so maybe it is still functioning.

--

Jeff

On 18/08/2018 23:23, Bill Wright wrote:
On 18/08/2018 21:40, Jeff Layman wrote:
Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and
Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to
get a closer view:


Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?

It's nothing of interest.

Bill

To you maybe!

On 18/08/2018 23:55, Graham. wrote:
Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to get
a closer view:


Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?



http://www.dgsys.co.uk/btmicrowave/sites/206.php

Yes, spot on. Formed part of the national BT microwave link network to
(& from) Plymouth, for BBC, ITV and C4, and also onward to/from Goonhilly.

Just like all its siblings all over the UK (and it's mother in London)
it's now largely obsolete thanks to fibre.


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Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply.

On 19/08/2018 13:45, Mark Carver wrote:
On 18/08/2018 23:55, Graham. wrote:
Seen on the A381 from Kingsbridge to Totnes, between Chilley and
Halwell..
It's the pylon-like object in the centre. You'll need to zoom in to get
a closer view:



Satellite view he


There seems to be an aerial to the right of it. Is the "pylon" also an
aerial? If so, any idea what it might be for?



http://www.dgsys.co.uk/btmicrowave/sites/206.php

Yes, spot on. Formed part of the national BT microwave link network to
(& from) Plymouth, for BBC, ITV and C4, and also onward to/from Goonhilly.

Just like all its siblings all over the UK (and it's mother in London)
it's now largely obsolete thanks to fibre.



And the 'mothership' in London, aka The Post Office Tower has
moulted all the characteristic microwave horns, despite being in
a conservation area.

On 20/08/2018 11:52, Andrew wrote:


And the 'mothership' in London, aka The Post Office Tower has
moulted all the characteristic microwave horns, despite being in
a conservation area.

Oh much worse than that, it's a *listed* building.

I suspect that's due to the good and great at English Heritage being of
a certain age[1], with memories of when the PO Tower was a symbol of
London and featured on postcards alongside Carnaby Street. I don't see
it featuring the same way these days - let alone tourists flocking to
the tower to see, umm, a tall, thin concrete column. But BT (meaning
their customers and shareholders) are stuck with the costs of
maintaining a white elephant[2].

/rant

Anyhow, AIUI they were allowed to remove the dishes because they were
unsafe and replacement would have been exorbitantly expensive, even by
the standards of those who take the view "you don't own a listed
building, you just pour money into it for a while"




[1] full disclosu moi aussi

[2] OK, it is still used, but mostly for events in the restaurant and
telecom links that could be moved elsewhere.


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Robin
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