Ephantse kumda weOregon kwiSixeko saseCrescent, iBattery Point Light yaqala ukukhanya ngo-1856. Ukususela ngoko, isakhiwo sele sihlangene neenguqu ezininzi. Ezi zibandakanya ukuzenzekela ngo-1953 kunye nomsinga ogqityiweyo owawukhukula i-peninsula ngo-1964.
Namhlanje, isebenza njengemyuziyam.
Into onokuyenza kwiBattery Point Lighthouse
Ukufikeleleka ngenyawo kuphela kwinqanaba eliphantsi, iBattery Point iyamnandi ukutyelela. Ungangena ngaphakathi kwindlu yokukhanya.
Abavakatye bahamba ngeenxa zonke kwisiqithi ukuba banandiphe ulwandle kunye namachibi. I-original-order order ye-Fresnel lens iboniswa.
Abavakatye abahamba ngokuhlwa ngamanye amaxesha ngamanqaku athile ajonga ukushona kwelanga.
Imbali yeBattery Point Lighthouse
Ngama-1850, isixeko saseSan Francisco sasikhula. Ukuze bayakhe, babedinga imithi esuka eNyakatho yeKalifornia. ISixeko saseCrescent yayingumbhobho wokuthunyelwa kwezinto zokwakha, kodwa ummandla wonxweme kwakuyingxaki. Iinqanawa ezininzi ezithwele izixhobo ezixabisekileyo zazisengozini elunxwemeni olugungxile.
Umgcini wesigqeba sokuqala u-Theophilus Magruder. UMagruder wayengummangalisa waseMpuma, owayesondelwe kwintshona yonxweme ngesithembiso segolide. Wafumana i-$ 1,000 ngonyaka. Xa loo nto yachithwa ngama-40% ngo-1959, wasula.
UCaptain uJohn Jeffrey nomkakhe uNellie bathatha isikhululo ngo-1875 baza bahlala apho iminyaka engama-39. Indawo yayinzima kwintsapho yaseJeffreys.
Ngamanye amaxesha uCaptain uJohn kwafuneka aphume esikhwameni aze alandele abantwana emanxwemeni ukuze bakwazi ukuya esikolweni. Ngomnyaka we-1879, umtsalane omkhulu wancothula udonga lwekhitshi waza waguqa ngesitofu esilula. Indlu yayiza kutshisa ukuba kwakungengenxa yesangqa yesibini ekhupha umlilo.
Inyikima yenzeka ngo-1964 e-Alaska yabe isuka kwi-tsunami eyona nto ininzi eyayihlasela i-Northern California.
Yaya kwiBattery Point Light, ngamagagasi angama-20 ephakamileyo. Ngethamsanqa, ukukhanya kunye nabagcini bayo basindisiwe. Umtshangatshangele wathintela kwinqanaba elikhuselekileyo elikhusele isakhiwo. Isixeko saseCrescent sasingenanto inenhlanhla, nangona kunjalo, iibhloko ze-29 zatshatyalaliswa.
Isakhiwo seCape Cod esakhiwe ngezitena kunye ne-granite. Inika iindwendwe ukuba zijonge imbali yolwandle yommandla. Kwakhona kunika ingqiqo enkulu ebomini yomgcini wokukhanya. Ukugqithiswa yimvula kunye namagagasi omhlaba, umbhobho weenyawo ezingama-45 usasebenza namhlanje.
Ngowe-1965, i-lighthouse yavalwa. Yatshintshwa ngumbane okhanyayo kumanzi ophule.
Abanye abantu bacinga ukuba ukukhanya kunendawo yokuhlala. Ubuncinane abantu abathandathu bathi bakuvile ngexesha lesiphango, bekhuphuka ngokukhawuleza kwinqanaba leendonga.
Ukutyelela iBattery Point Lighthouse
Ibhettery Point entshonalanga ye-US Hwy 101 kwisixeko saseCrescent, iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ezisezantsi kumda weOregon. Ukuba uya khona ukubona indawo yokukhanya, unokusebenzisa i-weekend epheleleyo ukujonga indawo leyo. Sebenzisa lesi sikhokelo ukuceba uhambo lwakho lweHumboldt County .
I-Battery Point Lighthouse ivuliwe ngexesha, ngo-Ephreli ukuya kuSeptemba. Nangona kunjalo, unako ukufikelela kuwo kwinqanaba eliphantsi. Kwaye kufuneka uvumele ixesha elaneleyo lokujonga ngaphaya kwaye ubuyele elunxwemeni ngaphambi kokuba uphume.
Ukufumana ukuba yiyiphi leyo, fowunela i-707-464-3089 okanye khangela itafile ye-tide online.
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi malunga nokutyelela iBhantery Point Lighthouse, tyelela iwebhusayithi yeDel Norte County Historical Society
Ezinye i-California Lighthouses
Ukuba u-geek yendawo yokukhanya, uya kuvuyela isiKhokelo sethu sokuKhenketha i-Lighthouses yaseCalifornia .