Apho iBen Ben iqalile khona
I-Whitechapel Bell Foundry yenza i-Big Ben bell kwiNdlu zePalamente kunye ne-original Liberty Bell . Unayo iminyuziyamu yamahhala unokutyelela ngeentsuku zeveki ukuze ufumane okungakumbi.
Malunga neFisechapel Bell Foundry
I-Whitechapel Bell Foundry yiyona nkampani yaseBrithani endala yokukhiqiza njengoko yasungulwa ngowe-1570, ngexesha lolawulo lukaEstre Elizabeth. Baqhubeka bevelisa iintsimbi kunye nezinto zokuthenga kunye nevenkile, ecaleni kwendawo yokugcina i-foi, kunye neentsimbi zesandla, umculo kunye nezinye izinto zokuthengisa.
Basebenzisa ezininzi izakhono zendabuko kunye neteknoloji yesimanje kwaye unokuhamba ngeenxa zonke zesakhiwo kwaye ubone isiseko esenzayo. Kuphela ngeveki i-Foundry Tours kodwa zithandwa kakhulu kwaye unokwenza ukuba unyuke unyaka ngaphambili.
Ndiye kwindwendwe e-foundry kwaye ndinokuyincoma. Ndathatha inyanga ezintandathu ngaphambi kokuba kukhishwe imihla yokutyelela kunyaka olandelayo ngenxa yoko oku kufuna ukucwangciswa kwangaphambili. Umphathi we Foundry wathatha iqela labantu abangaba ngu-30 ezungeze izakhiwo waza wachaza iinkqubo zokuvelisa kwindlela yokufundisa kodwa enobuqili. ("Ndiqeshe amadoda amathathu ukuba enze udaka kunye namadoda amabini ukwenza iinqaba zentlabathi".)
Ndafumanisa ukuba kutheni ama shishini oshishino ahlala esempuma kwiidolophu: ngenxa yomoya onamandla ovela entshonalanga ogcina i-smells out of the city, kwaye ndamangaliswa ukufumanisa ukuba akukho zixhobo kunye neentsimbi.
Abasebenzi bezakhono kwiziko leMfundo banemisebenzi engavamile kwaye abaninzi banokuhlala ubomi babo bonke. Isiqu esithi: "Akukho nto ayinakwenzeka kumntu ongeke enze oko ngokwakhe."
Bells Famous
I-Whitechapel Bell Foundry iye yavelisa iintsimbi kwiicawa ezininzi kunye namathredrals emhlabeni wonke kodwa iimbumba ezimbini ezidumileyo ndizibandakanya nazo yi-original Liberty Bell ukusuka ngo-1752 kunye noBig Ben oye waphoswa ngo-1858 kunye neentsimbi ze-Great Clock yaseWestminster kuqala waqala ngomhla wama-31 kuMeyi 1859.
Kwiinyanga ezimbini emva koko intsimbi yaqhekeka njengoko yayitshatyalaliswa yayiyinyundo eyayinzima kakhulu. Isando satshintshiwe kwaye ukuqhuba kusekhona kwaye akuzange kube nzima ngaphezu kweminyaka ukuze konke kulungile.
I-Big Ben yi-bell yeyure phakathi kwaye kukho neengalo zekota. Igama elisemthethweni likaBen Ben yiGreat Bell kodwa akukho mntu ubiza loo nto.
I-Big Ben isona sikhephe esikhulu kunazo zonke. Namhlanje, ishishini labo li-75% icawa kunye neendonga zeenqaba kunye neefestile zesandla ezingama-25%. Iibhendi azithengi kodwa zenziwe ukuba zigcine kwaye zimele zigcinwe ngokukhululekile iminyaka eyi-150 kwaye zimele zihlale iminyaka eyi-1000.
IMyuziyam
Imyuziyamu ye-Whitechapel Bell Foundry isendaweni yazo, ivulekile ngeentsuku zeveki kwaye ikhululekile ukutyelela. Ndifumene abasebenzi banamkela. Baye bazimisele ukucacisa ngakumbi malunga nemiboniso kwaye bavuya gqitha ukuba ndihambahamba kunye nam.
Kukho ukutshitshiswa kwephephandaba, imifanekiso yevidiyo, iirekhodi zamaphepha, iintlonelo kunye namabhaso, ngoko kuninzi ukuze ubone. Jonga i-template yeBen Ben bell egcweleyo epheleleyo ngaphakathi kwango ngaphakathi ngaphakathi. Wow, inkulu!
Ulwazi loLwendwendwe
Idilesi: 32/34 i-Whitechapel Road, eLondon E1 1DY
Inombolo: 020 7247 2599
Iimyuziyam Ukuvula iiyure: NgoMsombuluko ukuya kuLwesihlanu, ngo-9 ekuseni-4.15 ntambama
Iwebhusayithi Esemthethweni: www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk