Pylons of Messina
| Pylons of Messina | |
|---|---|
Pylons of Messina: Torre Faro, Sicily (left) and Villa San Giovanni, Calabria (right) | |
Map of Pylons of Messina | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| From | Torre Faro |
| Passes through | Strait of Messina |
| To | Villa San Giovanni |
| Construction information | |
| Commissioned | 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 1994 |
The Pylons of Messina are two free-standing steel towers, the Sicilian one in Torre Faro and the Calabrian one in Villa San Giovanni. They were used from 1955 to 1994 to carry a 220 kilovolt (150 kilovolt until 1971) power line across the Strait of Messina, between the Scilla substation in Calabria on the Italian mainland at 38°14′42″N 15°40′59″E / 38.24500°N 15.68306°E and the Messina-Santo substation in Sicily at 38°15′57″N 15°39′04″E / 38.26583°N 15.65111°E.