IHotth iHlawu lokuKhanya

Isakhiwo esihle, indawo enkulu - kodwa imbali ibaluleke kakhulu

I-lighthouse yokulinda umnyango weHotth Harbour, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, yonyango oluhle. Nasi unesakhiwo esidala esenza ukuba umntu afune ukuhamba ngaphandle, kunye nokugula kwekhaya xa kwenzeka. Ingabonwa njengento yokuhlaziya, kwaye njengamkelekileyo. Njengomqondiso weendlela ezihamba phambili, uphawu lokubuyela ekhaya. Kodwa kunomntu onomdla kwiimbali zaseIreland kuyisimboli sokulwa nokuzimela kwe-Ireland, njengokuba i-plaque encinane kwindawo yokukhanya iya kukuxelela.

Ngoko ke makhe sijonge kwindawo kunye nomlando wesakhiwo:

IHotth Harbour Lighthouse - Ingenakuxhaswa yi-Default

Nabani na olawula ukungaboni i-lighthouse ekutyelele ukuloba kunye nokuzonwabisa kwinqaba ye-Howth emntla ongasenyakatho weDublin Bay, kufuneka ukuba abe yimpumputhe ngokusemthethweni, ngokugqithiseleyo kwi-fog ebuninzi okanye, ngakumbi, ukugxininisa ngokupheleleyo kwi-smartphone yabo ukunyanzela ubomi boqobo. Ngenxa yokuba i-lighthouse ayikho nje kwindawo ebonakalayo kwindawo yokungena kwiiholide, kodwa ikhulu kakhulu kwaye imangalisa (ikakhulu ngenxa yokuhlala kwayo, umntu kufuneka avume).

Iimpawu zokugqibela, ezinkulu kunye ezimangalisayo, ziyingxenye ngenxa yeenjongo ezimbini. Kwakungeyona kuphela indlu yokukhanya, nayo yayinodonga olusisigxina, olufaka isibhamu. Ngenxa yokuba amaxesha angaphaya kweNapoleonic yokwakhiwa kwawo akuyiyo yonke iindwendwe eyamkelekileyo kwi-harbor entsha, kunye no-Johnny Foreigner (engakumbi uJean l'Etranger, inyaniso iyatshelwa) ayingavunyelwa ukufikelela kwi-harbor.

Enyanisweni, xa u tyelela iHowth Harbour Lighthouse kwaye ukhangele kakuhle, uza kubona iinqaba ezikhuselekileyo ezivela kwixesha elifanayo, ezibizwa ngokuba yi-Martello towers, ezazisasazeka kwiindawo ezikufutshane.

Umlando omfutshane weHotth Harbour Lighthouse

Kungathiwa i-lighthouse enamandla yayiyiphutha elibi kakhulu, kwimeko yecala elibi kakhulu eliyi-Howth Harbour ngokwalo-kuphela i-quay encinane ekhoyo apha ukususela ngekhulu le-17, esetyenziswe ngabalobi beendawo kunye nokuba yindawo efanelekileyo yokukhulula amalahle kunye nokubonelela ngendawo yokukhanya kwi-Howth iNtloko (emva koko ithathelwe indawo yiBhanya Lighthouse) .

Kuphela malunga ne-1800 kwagqitywa ukuba i-Howth yayiza kwenza njani enye indawo efanelekileyo kwiSpitheni yePigeonhouse Packet, kwaye ichweba elitsha kufuneka lakhiwe apha.

Ilitye lokuqala lechweba elitsha likaHowth lafakwa ngo-1807, ilitye elisetyenziselwa ukwakhiwa lalibiwe kwindawo yasekhaya (eKrorock), uqoqosho lwasuka. Yaye yanyuka ngokukhawuleza, njengoko isanti kunye nodaka beza kugcwalisa i-harbor ngexesha lokubhala, kwaye ukugcina ubunzulu obaneleyo kwiipakethe zePheathead (eWales) kubonakaliswe ishishini elingapheliyo, elibizayo. Kubiza kakhulu ukugcina. Nangona kunjalo, ngoJanuwari 1818 i-lighthouse yagqitywa, nangona ukukhanya kwakungazange kubonakale ngenxa yombalo obomvu. Ngoko xa i-Post Master General yaseNgilani yanquma ukuba iipakethi ziza ku-Howth ukususela ngoJulayi kunyaka omnye (ukutshintshela loo shishini kuDun Laoghaire), izinto zaqala ukuhamba.

Eyona nto ingenxa yokuba i-lighthouse "igqityiweyo" yayingekho ngokukhawuleza ukunyuka kwaye ukuphuculwa ngokukhawuleza kwakufuneka kwenziwe. Kodwa ekugqibeleni, ngoJulayi 1, 1818, ukukhanya okubomvu okubhaliweyo kunye nezibane zeoli ezilishumi elinesibini zaqalisa ukusebenza. Kwinqaba elinamandla malunga ne-14.5 metres ephakamileyo kwaye ifana kakhulu ne-Rennie isakhiwo esele sisebenza kufuphi ne-Holyhead. Kwiminyaka engama-18 kuphela emva koko, uNondyebo wakhupha umbuzo ongenakwenzeka ukuba ingaba iHowth Harbour Lighthouse yayifanele ikhweliswe njani, ngenxa yokulahlekelwa kweepakethe ukuya eDun Laoghaire.

UMhloli weHalpin, egameni leKomishinala, wenza ityala lokuba uNondyebo akazange anikezele ngemali kwaye i-Howth Harbour yayiseluncedo ngandlela-thile njengeziko lokukhusela kwiimeko eziphuthumayo. Ngoko baqhubeka bembethe. Ubugcisa obudlulileyo.

Kuphela emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi Yesibili, umbane njengendlela yokukhanyisa yaqwalaselwa. Kwaye ekugqibeleni ifakwe - isibane sama-250 Watt kumbane webhethri (esoloko ivuselelwa ngamandla ombane) satshintshwa ukukhanyiswa kweoli edala ekuqaleni kowe-1955. Oku kwaphela kwada kwada ngowe-1982 - njengokuba ngethuba lamanje leHotth Harbour i-lighthouse yenziwe ngokugqithiseleyo yintsikelelo entsha kunye nokukhanya okunamandla kwi-Extension ye-East Pier. Nangona kunjalo, iHowth Harbour Lighthouse yagcinwa kwifomu yayo yangaphambili (kodwa engabonakaliyo), isasebenza njengempawu yosuku, uncedo lokuhamba ngeemeko ezintle.

IHotth Harbour Lighthouse e-Irish History

I-Howth iPhakheji yokuHlaba yaqala ukuba yinto eqaqambileyo xa ngoJulayi 26, 1914, umbhali u-Erskine Childers (lakhe "i-Riddle of the Sands" usengowokuqala intsha yokuthabatha intsha). Impahla engekho mthethweni. Ukungena kwinqanawa yakhe yangasese "Asgard", Abantwana babephumelela ngokugqithisa izibhamu baze bazisa ingalo yeengalo e-Ireland. Kukho into encinci kwinto yokuba abantwana abaye balumkisa malunga nokuhlasela kweJamani eNgilani kwiindawo zakhe ezithengisa kakhulu ... kodwa wayesehamba esuka e-Hamburg waya kwiHowth ngeengalo ezinikezwa ngamaJamani, ukuba zisetyenziswe ngokumelene nemikhosi yaseBrithani.

Kwaye kunye nomkhwa wembali ukuhamba ukusuka kwi-sublime ukuya kudibaniso, u-Childers wabuya wabulawa ukuba abe nesixhobo esingekho mthethweni ngexesha leMfazwe yase-Ireland. Ibhotile eyayinikezelwe njengomqondiso wokubulela ngemisebenzi yakhe yokuqhuma impu.

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