The electric Pylons of Messina were used from 1955 to 1994 to carry a 220 kilo-volt (150 kilo-volt until 1971) power line across the Strait of Messina, between the Scilla substation in Calabria on the Italian mainland at (38°14′12″N15°44′28″E) and the Messina-Santo substation in Sicily at (38°10′28″N15°32′17″E)