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Mickey pylon

The Mickey pylon is a 105-foot-tall (32 m) double-deadend pole-type 230-kV power line pylon in front of Osceola Substation, which is used by The Walt Disney Company division Reedy Creek Energy Services for the power supply of Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, and which was completed on February 15, 1996. The pylon is in the form of a stylized Mickey Mouse head. It consists of a 70-foot-high (21 m) pole carrying a circular steel tube ring 30 ft (9.1 m) in diameter, at which two smaller elliptical rings with minor axis lengths of 18 ft (5.5 m) and major axis lengths of 20 ft (6.1 m). The head weighs 30,000 lb (14,000 kg). It is located along Interstate 4 on the north side of the highway, at the junction with World Drive and the Central Florida GreeneWay.

History
In March 1995, plans to start building the pole were created by a contract signed by Tampa Electric (TECO) and the Reedy Creek Improvement District. The pylon serves to connect a nearby TECO-built substation to a transmission line owned by the Orlando Utilities Commission. ==References==
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