I-Piedras Blancas ithatha igama layo kwi-rock outcrop ekupheleni kwendawo. Ingongoma enqamle kwiNxweme yaseSan Luis Obispo, kwaye ihousehouse yayo yongeza enye into eluhlu lwakho lwezinto xa uhamba phakathi kweKarmeli noMorro Bay eCalifornia Highway One.
Namhlanje, inqaba yendawo yokukhanya ihleli, kodwa amanqanaba aphezulu aphelile. Kusemhlabeni ogcinwe yiBhunga loLawulo loMhlaba, osebenzayo ukuyibuyisela.
Into onokuyenza kwi-Lighthouse yasePiedras Blancas
Uyakubona i-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, kodwa kuphela kwindlela ekhokelwayo. Ezi zihlandlo zenzeka iintsuku ezimbalwa ngeveki. Unokujonga ishedyuli yangoku kwiwebhusayithi. Awudingi ukukhutshwa. Uya kungena ngaphakathi kwisakhiwo sokukhanya, kodwa iindwendwe azivunyelwe kwinqaba.
Ekufuphi, uza kufumana i- Hearst Castle - kwaye ebusika, unokubukela izimbozo zeendlovu ukusuka kwi-Highway One .
Iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ezantsi ngasentla, idolophu yaseCambria nayo yindawo yokuzonwabisa yokutyelela. I-Fresnel lens esuka kwi-Lighthouse yasePiedras Blancas okwangoku ijonge kwi-Street Street eDambent Bowling Club. Kananjalo naseCambria, uya kufumana indlu yomgcini wekhanda kwiSitrato saseChatham. Kwagqitywa kwikota kwaye yafudukela apho kuma-1960.
Imbali yePaed Blanc Lighthouse
Ingongoma yomhlaba ePiedras Blancas yanyulwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1870 ukuzalisa isikhala phakathi kwezibane kwi Point Point nePalest Sur.
I-70,000 $ yabelwe iprojekthi. Umsebenzi waqala ngowe-1874, kodwa wathatha u-1875 ukugqiba.
Ilizwe labekwa eceleni kwesikhululo sokukhanya ngo-1866, kodwa ngowe-1874, ubunikazi babuyiselwa kuDon Juan Castro, owayenamaRancho Piedra Blanca, isibonelelo semhlaba saseMexico esasinikezwa u-Doe Jose de Jesus Pico ngo-1840.
UCastro wayenelisekile malunga neprojekthi, kodwa yaqhubeka phambili.
UCaptain Ashley, owayejongene nokwakhiwa kwendawo yokukhanya e-Point Arena wayephethe isakhiwo sokukhanya kuPiedras Blancas. Idwala lendawo lalingenakwenzeka ukukhupha okanye ukugxotha. Ekugqibeleni, izicwangciso zatshintshiwe, kwaye inxalenye yesikhotho esingaphantsi komgangatho yayakhiwa malunga neliwa.
Inqaba ye-Piedras Blancas yayingama-100 ubude ubude, kunye ne-first-order order ye-Fresnel lense eyinqunyiwe kwaye iphosiwe eFransi, idala ukukhanya okukhazimulayo okunokubonakala kwimizuzu engama-25 ukusuka elunxwemeni. Ukutyikitya kwayo kwakukho ukukhanya kwimizuzwana ngemizuzu eyi-15. Ekuqaleni, abagcini bokugcina umbane babehlala kwii-shanties ezazisetyenziselwa ukwakha abasebenzi abakhi. Ekugqibeleni, indlu yesibini yendlu yamaVictoria yayiphelile ngo-1875. Isakhiwo somqondiso wesibonakaliso kunye nomnye umgcini wendlu yomgcini wakhiwa ngo-1906.
UCaptain Lorin Vincent Thorndyke wayengumgcini wokuqala wokugcina umgcini wePiedras Blancas, ukhonza ukususela ngo-1876 de waya kumhlala phantsi ngo-1906. Iirekhodi zabakhethiweyo bakhe zilahlekile, kodwa siyazi ukuba i-US Lighthouse Service yaqhutyelwa nguPiedras Blancas kwaze kwaba ngo-1939 xa i-US Coast Guard uthathe endaweni.
Ngomnyaka we-1916, isayinitsha yatshintshela ibe yinto ephindwe kabini kwimizuzu engama-15.
Ngomnyaka we-1948, inyikima yonakalisa i-lighthouse, kwaye amanqanaba amathathu angaphezulu ahlala engaphephile kangangokuthi asuswe, okwenza malunga neenyawo ezingama-70 ubude.
I-bhakoni yegesi yatshintshile isibane esidala se-kerosene ngo-1949. Isitishi sasizenzekelayo kwaye singabanjwanga ngo-1975 kwaye sivaliwe ngo-1991. I-Guard Guard yajika iPetrost Light Light Station kwi-Bureau of Management Land ngo-2001, kwaye yavulelwa ngokutyelela ngo-2005.
Namhlanje, i-lighthouse iphinda ikhuphe i-aid ye-navigation, ikhanyisa umqondiso nganye imizuzwana engama-10.
I-Lighthouse ye-Visited Piedras Blancas
Iiholide zihlala malunga neeyure ezingama-2 kwaye zidinga malunga neekhilomitha ezili-mitha zokuhamba. Zingasuswa kwimozulu embi.
Intlawulo yokutyelelwa ihlawulwe. Izilwanyana azivumelekanga kwindlela yokutyelela. Awudingi ukukhutshwa.
Ungaphinda ufune ukufumana ezinye izibane zokuvakasha zaseCalifornia ukutyelela kwi- California Lighthouse Map yethu .
Ukufika kuLukhanyiso lweLukhanyiso lwaseBuedras Blancas
I-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse i-California Highway 1 kwi-15950 yeKarrillo Highway, enyakatho yeSan Simeon.
Uyakubona njengoko uqhuba nge-Highway 1.
Iindwendwe zidibana nendawo yangaphambili yasePiedras Blancas Motel malunga neekhilomitha ezili-5 kumntla we-lighthouse.
Ezinye i-California Lighthouses
Ukuba u-geek yendawo yokukhanya, uya kuvuyela isiKhokelo sethu sokuKhenketha i-Lighthouses yaseCalifornia .