Isikhokelo kwiBridges yaseManhattan: eBrooklyn Bridge

Ibhuloho yaseBrooklyn iye yahlaziya abaphulaphuli be-NYC Ukususela ngo-1883

Ibhuloho ye-NYC ebonakalayo, kunye nenye yezinto ezibonakalayo zenkwenkwezi, iBrooklyn eBrooklyn iye yabangela ukuba abantu bevelele ukususela ngowe-1883-becingelwa ukuba yiyona bridge ephakamileyo enokhenketho eNew York City , ehlala ibalwa phakathi kwezinto ezilungileyo kakhulu emhlabeni.

Ukudibanisa iDowntown Manhattan kunye neDowntown / DUMBO iindawo zaseBrooklyn , eziwela uMlambo waseMpumalanga kule stunner yebhulorho yinto yokuhamba kumntu obeka inyawo kwisixeko saseNew York.

Ukukhupha iyona ndlela efanelekileyo yokuyiqonda ubuhle bridge bridge, kunye ne-granite neo-Gothic kwiibhotela ezinama-portal adched; zobugcisa, ezinjenge-intanethi; kunye nezimvo ezikhangayo. Nantsi yonke into oyifunayo ukwazi ngeBrooklyn Bridge:

IBrooklyn Bridge History

Xa yavulwa ngoMeyi 24, 1883, i-neo-Gothic iBrooklyn eBrooklyn yaqala njengebhanti yokuqala yokumisa i-iron-wire, ene-1,596-foot foot span phakathi kweendonga zayo zombini zokuxhasa ezilingana nezona zide kakhulu emhlabeni. I-feat enkulu yezobunjineli zangekhulu le-19, ibhuloho yowokuqala ukudibanisa iManhattan eBrooklyn, eyayikuthi, ngelo xesha, imizi emibili ehlukeneyo (iBrooklyn ayizange ibe yinxalenye enkulu kwiNew York City kude kube ngo-1898).

Ukwakhiwa konyaka we-bridge kwakungekho ngaphandle kombingelelo walo, kunye nabasebenzi abangaphezu kweebini amabhuloho abalahlekelwa ubomi babo ngezingozi ezahlukeneyo. Ngaphambi kokuba kwakhiwe isakhiwo bhuloho, ingunjine engumJamani uJohn A.

Ukukhwabanisa, owenzela ibhuloho, etshutshiswa kwisifo se-tetanus kwingozi yengozi xa ehlola isayithi (inyawo yakhe yachithwa ngesikebhe esikulo mkhunjini). Unyana wakhe, uWashington Roebling oneminyaka engama-32 wathatha njengenjini yintloko yeprojekthi. Kwiminyaka emithathu nje kule projekthi, iWashington Roebling ngokwakhe yahlupheka ngenxa yokugula kwengqondo (aka "i-bends"), ngelixa ikuncedisa ekucanjweni komlambo kwisiseko seendonga zeebrari.

Bedridden ngeentlungu zakhe, kunye nokukhubazeka ngenxa yobomi bakhe, umfazi wakhe, u-Emily, wenzelwa egameni lakhe kwaye wongamela ngokugqithiseleyo iminyaka engama-11 eyakhiweyo yokwakha ibhuloho (ngoxa umyeni wakhe wayebukele le projekthi ivuliwe nge-telescope, kwiwindow yakhe yokuhlala eBrooklyn Heights) .

Xa ibhuloho evulelekile kuluntu ngo-1883, kumthendeleko wokunikezelwa okonganyelwe nguMongameli uChester A. Arthur kunye neGrander Grover Cleveland yaseNew York, uEmily Warren Roebling wanikezwa kuqala ukuhamba ngebhuloho. Nabani na onqwelwe ngeenkokhelo ezamkelekileyo ukuba bamkele (ukuqikelelwa ukuba abantu abangama-250 000 bahamba behamba ngebhuloho kwiiyure ezingama-24 zokuqala); amahashe kunye nabagibeli bahlawuliswa ama-5 eentente, kwaye bekuyi-10 eentente zehashe kunye neenqwelo. (I-toll yokuhamba ngeenyawo yachithwa ngowe-1891, kunye neendlela zokuhamba nge-1911-ukuhamba kwebhuloho kuye kwahlala kusinakho ukususela ngelo xesha.)

Ngelishwa, enye intlekele yavela emva kweentsuku ezintandathu emva kokuvulwa kweBrooklyn eBrooklyn, xa abantu abalishumi elina-12 bachithwa bafa phakathi kwe-stampede, ekhuthazwa ngonyameko (amanga) ukuba ibhuloho yawela emfuleni. Ngomnyaka olandelayo, i-PT Barnum, udumo lwe-circus, iholele iindlovu ezingama-21 ngaphesheya kwebhuloho ngenzame yokuphelisa ukwesaba koluntu malunga nokuzinza kwayo.

EBrooklyn Bridge ngeNumeri

Ukwakhiwa kweBridge eBrooklyn kuthatha iminyaka eyi-14 kwaye abasebenzi abangama-600 bazalise. Le projekthi yagqitywa ngeendleko ezili-15 ezigidi. I-bridge yeyona nto iphambili malunga noMlambo i-East River i-1,596 inyawo; ubude balo bonke, kubandakanywa neendlela, ngamamitha angama-6016 (ngaphaya kwe-1.1 miles). Ilinganisa ububanzi beenyawo ezili-85; Ukuphakama kweendonga zayo kuya kuma-276; kwaye isithuba esingaphantsi kwebhuloho singama-135. Iimbalo zayo ezine ezisisigxina zokugxininisa nganye ziqukethe u-5,434 iintsimbi zensimbi nganye.

Indlela yokuwela iBridge eBrooklyn evela eManhattan

Ukuhamba ngebhuloho kuyimfuneko ebalulekileyo yokuhamba kumntu obeka inyawo kwisixeko saseNew York. Funda kwizinto zonke ofuna ukuyazi malunga nokuwela iBrooklyn Bridge ukusuka eManhattan.

Iingcebiso zokuhamba ngaphaya kweBridge eBrooklyn

Yenza uninzi lweendlela zakho zokuhamba ngendlela yonxibelelwano kunye neengcebiso ezi- 9 ezihlakaniphile .