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Inclined towers

An inclined tower is a tower construction bent against the vertical one. Inclined towers can result unintentionally from uneven dropping of the soil. They can be established however for special requirements also intentionally inclined.

Inclined Towers

  • Inclined tower of Pisa
  • butcher tower in Ulm
  • Inclined tower of Cologne
  • Inclined tower in Bautzen
  • pylons for the introduction of the lines to the switchgear of the power station at the Hooverdamm
  • anchor pylon of the 220 kV Rhine Valley line with coffin to (for the overcoming of a difference in height), angle of inclination 20 degrees against the vertical
  • anchor pylon of the 380 kV overhead line on the first between Buendnerland and Glarnerland in Switzerland (year of construction: 1961, height: 32 meters, angle of inclination 18 degrees against the vertical one)

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