Pylons of Messina

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 / 38.24500; 15.68306 (Scilla substation) and the Messina-Santo substation in Sicily at 38°15′57″N 15°39′04″E / 38.26583°N 15.65111°E / 38.26583; 15.65111 (Messina-Santo substation).