Historical Architecture question: What is a “Pylon"?

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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers, Coldwell Banker Realty (Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area)

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an upright structure that is used for support or for navigational guidance, in particular.

a tower used for carrying power lines high above the ground.

noun: pylon; plural noun: pylons; noun: electricity pylon; plural noun: electricity pylons
a pillarlike structure on the wing of an aircraft used for carrying an engine, weapon, fuel tank, or other load.

Dec 10, 2017 09:01 AM

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It's a pillar that supports weight. It has no relation to a Cylon though...

Dec 10, 2017 10:08 AM

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I went to school with a guy whose front chest was full of surgery scars. I asked him what happened to him. I climed to a power distribution tower and got zapped by 40,000 volts where there were signs all over Danger.

Oh, you must be young when it happened? No, I was 17 years old did it to impress girls in my class.

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Dec 10, 2017 08:36 AM

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Raymond E. Camp

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Those things highway workers put out to slow down traffic and supports their coffee cups!

Dec 10, 2017 08:04 AM

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Hi Suzanne and Tony -- it may be too early(at least for my mind) to pile on some pondering....just sayin'.

Dec 10, 2017 07:50 AM

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Once a gateway, now more of a support mechanism!

Dec 10, 2017 07:49 AM

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Sometimes we feel like one as we remain upright despite the huge weight on our shoulders.

Dec 10, 2017 02:09 PM

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Diana Dahlberg

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Pylon ... usually a massive gateway; an ancient Egyptian gateway building in a truncated pyramidal form.

Dec 10, 2017 01:41 PM

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Dec 10, 2017 11:21 AM

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Dec 10, 2017 09:25 AM

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It's a support structure for carrying power lines, or aircraft guidance.

Dec 10, 2017 09:14 AM

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Thank you Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers

Dec 10, 2017 09:13 AM

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That is what wife does when she is mad at me.

Dec 10, 2017 08:41 AM

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Dog Pylon the Wabbit!

Dec 10, 2017 08:35 AM

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Dec 08, 2018 09:58 AM

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Again , great question and will be waiting for answer.

Dec 08, 2018 09:40 AM

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When we were kids its what we did when someone got tackled... everyone Piled On ;-)

Jan 16, 2018 06:43 PM

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I think Anthony Acosta has this one.

Dec 12, 2017 10:46 PM

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The leaning tower of Pizza needed them I think.

Dec 12, 2017 11:31 AM

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Sounds like a typical running play of any NFL game.

Dec 10, 2017 08:24 PM

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Dec 10, 2017 08:20 PM

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Isn’t than one of those snake things?

Dec 10, 2017 06:05 PM

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Fairly common in our area, elevated homes on pylons, pilings or stilts.

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A pylon is a support, right?

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A snake related to the constrictor family

Dec 10, 2017 04:24 PM

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All the obstacles a real estate professionals dodge, weave around to get from listing to the sit down pass the check, slide the keys. Pile on the pylon I always say.

Dec 10, 2017 04:15 PM

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Pile on.

Dec 10, 2017 02:17 PM

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Lyn Sims

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A large snake that holds up a building.

Dec 10, 2017 11:47 AM

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Dec 10, 2017 09:59 AM

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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers Piers used to support a structure.

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an upright structure that is used for support or for navigational guidance, in particular.

a tower used for carrying power lines high above the ground.

noun: pylon; plural noun: pylons; noun: electricity pylon; plural noun: electricity pylons

a pillarlike structure on the wing of an aircraft used for carrying an engine, weapon, fuel tank, or other load.
It's a pillar that supports weight. It has no relation to a Cylon though...
I went to school with a guy whose front chest was full of surgery scars. I asked him what happened to him. I climed to a power distribution tower and got zapped by 40,000 volts where there were signs all over Danger.

Oh, you must be young when it happened? No, I was 17 years old did it to impress girls in my class.
Those things highway workers put out to slow down traffic and supports their coffee cups!
Hi Suzanne and Tony -- it may be too early(at least for my mind) to pile on some pondering....just sayin'.
Sometimes we feel like one as we remain upright despite the huge weight on our shoulders.
Pylon ... usually a massive gateway; an ancient Egyptian gateway building in a truncated pyramidal form.
Tony and Suzanne,

Something everyone in real estate should know, and Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTACONDOS.COM gave you the answer. A
It's a support structure for carrying power lines, or aircraft guidance.
When we were kids its what we did when someone got tackled... everyone Piled On ;-)
Fairly common in our area, elevated homes on pylons, pilings or stilts.
All the obstacles a real estate professionals dodge, weave around to get from listing to the sit down pass the check, slide the keys. Pile on the pylon I always say.
You questions make us hope that we have a smart buyer agent.
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers Piers used to support a structure.