{{short description|Electricity transmission tower in Florida}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2016}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}}{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} thumb|Mickey Pylon The '''Mickey pylon''' (also known as the '''Mickey Mouse pylon''') is a {{convert|105|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} 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.<ref name="Atlas Obscura">{{cite web|title=Mickey Pylon|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mickey-pylon|website=Atlas Obscura|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> It consists of a {{convert|70|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} pole carrying a circular steel tube ring {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} in diameter, at which two smaller elliptical rings with minor axis lengths of {{convert|18|ft|m|abbr=on}} and major axis lengths of {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}. The head weighs {{convert|30000|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. It is located along Interstate 4 on the north side of the highway, at the junction with World Drive and the Central Florida GreeneWay (Exit 62).
As the rings were not transportable on public roads, they were designed for an assembly at the construction site. Each ring is constructed from {{convert|12|×|20|inch|mm|adj=on}} galvanized steel tubing.
The support pole was fabricated by North American Pole Corp. (NAPCO), Dallas, Texas, United States, while the rings were bent by Bend-Tec of Duluth, Minnesota, from steel tubes manufactured in Chicago, Illinois, and transported to NAPCO for galvanization.
The pylon can be illuminated at night by fiber-optic cables at the rings, which are fed from a laser installed at the ground through a telecommunications-grade fiber running inside the pole.<!--Can anyone find a picture of the Mickey Pylon at night with the fiber optics visible?-->
Polymer insulators are used to minimize visual effects.
== History == thumb|right|A daytime view of the Mickey pylon. 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Imagineering' Bulk Power Delivery Tampa Electric interconnects with Reedy Creek Improvement District to supply power to Walt Disney World theme park.|url=https://www.tdworld.com/overhead-transmission/article/20969234/imagineering-bulk-power-delivery-tampa-electric-interconnects-with-reedy-creek-improvement-district-to-supply-power-to-walt-disney-world-theme-park|last=|first=|date=July 2001|website=www.tdworld.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>
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==External links== {{sister project auto}} *[https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mickey-pylon Mickey Pylon in Celebration] at Atlas Obscura
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Category:Mickey Mouse Category:Celebration, Florida Category:Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Category:Emera Category:Walt Disney World Category:Towers in Florida Category:Electric power infrastructure in the United States Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1996 Category:1996 establishments in Florida