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Electric Valley? Wire Canyon? Zap Way?

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[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 125 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Utility corridor. Sometimes a "Right of Way".

Depending on where you live, "hydro lines" or "transmission lines" or similar.

[-] WhatsUpDoc@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

I used the term Hydro line once on Reddit and had a lot of people asking what the hell I was talking about.

[-] Bert_the_Troll@reddthat.com 46 points 11 months ago

Are you Canadian by any chance? It's common in Canada to call electrical utilities "hydro" whether there's water generation or not. In the states they don't do this as much. At least not in my experience.

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Similarly, in the US we have “telephone poles” to carry residential power lines, even if there are no telecom wires on them.

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I call them that sometimes, but mostly just "power lines."

[-] tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

But what do you call the actual wooden pole that holds the power lines? Like if someone hit the pole how would you describe it?

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[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Interesting. I haven't heard them called that, even though I'm in a state where most electricity is from hydro, And my state borders Canada.

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[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Right. Cause we're not looney.

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[-] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

To me "hydro line" sounds like a weird way to say "water pipe".

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Mostly because hydro means water. Of course that would be confusing.

[-] Sabin10@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I would call it a hydro corridor.

[-] Maddie@sh.itjust.works 90 points 11 months ago
[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 40 points 11 months ago

And then we take it higher

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

motorcycle revs

[-] TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

American Torii Gateways.

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 43 points 11 months ago

Electric easement

[-] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Right-of-way, right-o'way, utility easement

[-] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago
[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago
[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Is this a contest for best comment? 🏆

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 months ago

That's a powerline cut.

[-] jcrabapple@infosec.pub 21 points 11 months ago

Electric Avenue. Let's rock down to it.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Strips cut through forested areas like this are generally called fire breaks. I don't know if there's a more specific term for those beneath power lines.

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Down by the power lines

[-] Mamertine@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Power lines.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

An electrical easement.

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Utility cut

[-] dank953@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

the Cut. (Low and ominous)

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[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago

In Swedish it would be called "kraftledningsgata", directly translated to English that means "powerline street", but I already saw a better name for it in the comments "utility corridoor"

[-] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 7 points 11 months ago

🇸🇯 Strømgate - electrics street.

Or "Electric Avenue" as I've taken to calling them.

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[-] canitendtherabbits@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

I seriously have a fantasy about hiking/backpacking the length of one of these. I wonder if there's a legal way to do that.

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

"right of way"

[-] blackdeth@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

The Iron Giant's home

[-] Karlos_Cantana@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

If you put a tent there, I'd call it home.

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[-] fung@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Peaceful wooded area with power transmission.

[-] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Easement corridor for power lines.

The area where there are always open camping sites in that one national park because no one wants to sleep under the high voltage lines and get cancer.

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[-] CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

It’s that scene from the Shining with the twins, being played by a couple of those giant robots I keep seeing on the hills while driving on I-5

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 11 months ago

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

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[-] JakoJakoJako13@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago
[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Isn't that sort of the opposite of a green belt?

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[-] NAXLAB@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I like zap way

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

The Dead Zone

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