Iinkcukacha ezimfutshane malunga noMlambo waseMilwaukee
Umlambo waseMilwaukee yinxalenye enkulu yesixeko sethu esivame ukuthotyelwa. Abo bethu abahlala kwisixeko bangaqhubela umlambo imihla ngemihla, kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo abahlawulanga ingqondo (ngaphandle kokuba izithuthi ziyeka njengoko ibhuloho emlanjeni iphakamisa ukulungiselela isikebhe). Kodwa ngokwenene, simele sizinike uMlambo waseMilwaukee inhlonipho efanelekileyo, kuba le ndlela yamanzi yenye yezona zizathu ezibalulekileyo ukuba esi sixeko silapha.
Umlambo waseMilwaukee uqala kwiFond du Lac County, kwaye njengoko uqhubela phambili uthabathela ukutsuka kwamagatsha amathathu eMlambo waseMilwaukee: amasebe aseNtshona, ngasempuma nakumazantsi.
Kwimitha engama-100, umlambo uphazamisa kwaye ujikelele kwinqanaba lezilwanyana, ujikeleze ngasempumalanga nasempumalanga ngokusebenzisa iWest Bend, uFredonia neSauville ngaphambi kokuba uhlasele indlela eya ngqo ngasezantsi eGrfton, eTeensville, kwaye ekugqibeleni uluntu lwaseMilwaukee . Iyakhupha amanzi kumaninzi amaninzi kwindlela, kwaye ekugqibeleni idibanisa noMlambo waseMenomonee noKinnickinnic ePort yaseMilwaukee.
UMilwaukee, isixeko, wafumana igama layo emlanjeni. Kuthetha ukuthini eli gama, nangona kunjalo, liphakanyiswe kwingxoxo. Ngokutsho kweWisconsin Historical Society's Dictionary yeWisconsin History, iMilwaukee yayiyindawo yendawo yaseNdiya kunye nendawo yebhunga, indawo echanekileyo ekukholelwa kuyo ukuba yayikuloo ndawo yeWisconsin Avenue eFifth Street namhlanje. Ngenxa yoko inkolelo yokuba "iMilwaukee" ithetha ukuba "indawo yamabhunga," nangona ininzi iziphathimandla zicinga ukuba zivela kwiPotawatomi zivela kwaye zithetha "umhlaba olungileyo." Enye inkolelo evamile kukuba igama livela ngokuxuba amagama amabini, "uMellioke," igama elidala lomlambo, kunye ne "Mahn-a-waukke," indawo yokuhlanganisana.
Ukongezwa egameni layo, iSixeko saseMilwaukee sinokuhlawulwa kwetyala elikhulu kunomlambo: okokuba yinto ehamba phambili ekudalweni kwamagumbi okuqala apha. Ngokutsho kwencwadi ethi "Ukwenziwa kweMilwaukee," nguJohn Gurda, amanzi ayibalulekileyo ekubunjweni kwesi sixeko kwindawo yaso yangoku, kwaye umnatha weMilwaukee, i-Menominee, iRoot Rivers kunye ne-Oak Creek wenza indawo ihambe kakuhle ngokuhamba kwamanzi .
Abathengisi beentlobo babethandwa ngenxa yoluntu lwabantu bommandla, kwaye ngenxa yokufikelela kwiindawo ezivela emitanjeni emithathu ehlangene nelokufuphi. Ekugqibeleni leli dolobha ngokwayo laba ngumdwebo, sele liphuculwe ngokukhawuleza kunye nomnyango omtsha wokungena kunye nokuphuka kwamanzi, kunye nokutsalwa nokwandiswa kwemifula yamanzi.
Umlambo waseMilwaukee namhlanje
Kwixesha elithile, impilo yoMlambo waseMilwaukee yayisehla kakhulu. Ukungcola, kwiindawo zokulima, zikamasipala kunye nezoshishino, kwakhokelela kwiinkalo ezininzi eziye zadityaniswa ngoluhlu lwamadama kunye nezinye iinguqu zokuhlala, kwaye umlambo wawusimo simo esibi. Kodwa ludlwengulwe ngephi, litshintsha. Namhlanje, umdla kuMlambo waseMilwaukee ujabulela ukuvuselelwa kweentlobo, kwaye amaqela ahlukeneyo ahlangene kwiminyaka emininzi edlulileyo ukuze ahlambulule le ndlela yamanzi . Iziphumo zale mizamo ziyamangalisa. Iminyaka elishumi nje edlulileyo, umzekelo, umlambo wawudla ngokungaqhubikiyo ngaphaya kwedolophu kunye neendawo ezikufuphi, njengokuba ibhanki engabonakaliyo kunye nophuhliso lwezentengiselwano luvaliwe kakhulu. Kodwa kunye nomlambo ococekileyo uye wazama ukubuyisela ukufikelela kumlambo - njengeMilwaukee RiverWalk - kwaye ezi nxaxheba ziye zanceda ngokwenene ukuba zenze iindawo eziphambili.