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Power tower heroics
It is not possible to fully appreciate the large-scale
work of Peter Schwartz of Delaplane, who with a
corps of Virginia Piedmont volunteers, quietly manuged the ascent of about 60 large red balloons along Dominion Virginia/Allegheny Power’s proposed 40-mile power line corridor running through Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William counties.
This massive task was successfully undertaken during Dec. 8 and 9, in advance of the Dec! 10 bus tour along the route and the large gathering at Beverley Mill pr otesting the ill-conceived power line plan.
Against tough odds of wind and weather - but with the enthusiastic cooperation of affected property owners - the team raised the six-foot diameter, helium-filled balloons along the proposed route. Their efforts clearly showed how the huge, 15-story steel towers would blight t he beautiful, open rural view shed of this historic 1 lullowed Ground of America.
It was a dramatic demonstration that we hope has pr oved to even the most skeptical or detached just what could be lost.
Largely still rural and agricultural, the villages and open space in the region have seen their share of sweat, war and change. In more recent years, it has taken the continuing work of generations to build and protect this area. This power tower corridor would destroy it in a single strokes
As Thomas Jefferson has said, there is nothing more powerful than an informed people. Schwartz and his volunteers have made an important contribution to understanding the damage the proposed power line corridor would cause here in the Piedmont.
Dominion Virginia must rethink their ill-conceived proposal, both in light of our peoples’ interest, and what this will do to its own reputation and how they will be remembered for years to come.
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