Zithunzi za Lighthouses za Maine

Chokhazikika, chokhazikika, chosasunthika, chimodzimodzi
Chaka ndi chaka, usiku wonse wopanda phokoso

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Magetsi ali ndi zokopa zawozake zokhalitsa. Kwa iwo omwe amachokera kunyanja, ndi kuwala kwa njira yotetezeka kupita ku doko, kugwirizana kwa omwe ali pamtunda omwe amadikirira. Kwa iwo omwe ali pamtunda, ndi kudzoza, chitonthozo, ndi kugwirizana ndi nyanja muzochitika zake zonse.

Tsiku la National Lighthouse limakondwerera pa Ogasiti 7. Kumapeto kwa sabata ino ku Maine, ndi Open Lighthouse Day—tsiku loyendera nyumba zambiri za 65+ zoyima m'boma. Pali zowunikira zoposa makumi awiri mkati mwa mailosi khumi ndi awiri kuchokera kwa ine pamene ndikulemba.

Ndine mwayi wokhala pachilumba chomwe chili ndi nyumba zitatu zowunikira magetsi. Iliyonse ya iwo ndi gawo lofunikira pakuyendetsa madzi a Mtsinje wa Kennebec kwa ma kilomita 11 kuchokera ku Nyanja ya Atlantic kupita ku mzinda wa Bath. Ngakhale a Coast Guard adzipangira okha ntchito zowunikira ndipo kulibenso oyang'anira nyali pano, nyumba zowunikira zomwe zili ndi eni ake. Aliyense wa iwo ali ndi nkhani yake. Aliyense wa iwo akadali pano chifukwa cha gulu lodzipereka la odzipereka ofunitsitsa kukhala m'gulu la "Abwenzi a" kapena gulu ladziko kapena gulu lodzipereka ku nyumba zowunikira.

Doubling Point Kuwala konyezimira kwa Lighthouse kumakhala kotonthoza makamaka m'mausiku aatali a kumapeto kwa autumn ndi nyengo yozizira. Idakhazikitsidwa pa Mtsinje wa Kennebec mu 1899, idakhazikitsidwa kuti ichenjeze amalinyero za matembenuzidwe awiri owopsa, opindika pomwe akutsika mtsinjewo kupita kunyanja. A Friends of Doubling Point anakhala oyang'anira nyumba ya nyali ndi katundu wake mu 1998. Kuyambira kugwa kosayembekezereka kwa msewu wopita ku Kuwala mu kugwa kwa 2023, malowa akhala akuletsedwa kwa alendo pamene Anzanu agwira ntchito kuti apeze ndalama zokwanira kuti amangenso msewu. Ndizosangalatsa kunena kuti ngakhale Kuwala kumakhalabe kotsekedwa kwa alendo, ntchito yomanga panjira yopitako yangoyamba kumene!

Ma Doubling Point Range Lights (omwe amadziwikanso kuti Kennebec Range Lights) ndiwofunika kwambiri kuti muyende mokhotakhota mokhotakhota mukamakwera mtsinje kuchokera kunyanja ya Atlantic. Omangidwa mu 1898 Congress itapereka $ 17,000 zaka zitatu m'mbuyomo kuti iwunikire mtsinjewo, nsanja ziwiri zamatabwa zoyera za octagonal zokongoletsedwa ndi denga lofiira ndizofanana.

Magetsi amaikidwa kumapeto kwa gawo lalitali, lolunjika la mtsinje. nsanja imodzi ili pafupi ndi madzi, ndipo ina ndi mayadi 235 kulowera kumtunda ndipo ndi yokwezeka pang'ono. Malinga ngati amalinyero asunga nyali ziŵirizo pamwamba pa inzake pamene akuwongolera chombo chawo, ndithudi amakhala pakati pa ngalandeyo. Kwa ngalawa yomwe ikubwera kumtunda pafupi ndi Range Lights, mtsinjewu umapanga kutembenukira kumadzulo kwa 90 °, kenako patatha theka la kilomita ina 90 ° kuti iyambirenso kumpoto - chifukwa chake amatchedwa Doubling Point.

Malo a Squirrel Lighthouse ili pakona yakumwera chakumadzulo kwa Arrowsic Island. Mu 1895, Purezidenti wakale Grover Cleveland adapereka $4,650 kuti atumize malo a Squirrel Point ndikumanga nsanja yowala, nyumba ya alonda, ndi nkhokwe. The Citizens for Squirrel Point asankhidwa kukhala oyang'anira ake ndi US Coast Guard. Mu Ogasiti, adakondwerera kukhazikitsidwa kwa mlatho watsopano wachitsulo womwe ndi wapamwamba kwambiri komanso woyenerera kupirira kukwera kwa nyanja ndikusintha mikuntho yomwe idawononga mlatho wakale wamatabwa. Mofanana ndi anzawo amene amagwira ntchito yoyang’anira nyumba zounikira nyale zina, gululi labwerera kukagwira ntchito zofunika kwambiri za nsanja ya nyaliyo ndi nyumba zake zothandizira.

Nyumba zowunikira zimamangidwa m'malo omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha mphepo, mvula, mvula yamkuntho, ndi zochitika zina. Kuwonjezeka kwa madzi a m'nyanja ndi mvula yamkuntho yomwe ikuchulukirachulukira kwachititsa kuti kusungitsa nyumba zakalezi kukhale kovuta kwambiri. Monga cholowa chambiri, chikhalidwe, ndi panyanja, kusungidwa kwawo kumatanthawuza zambiri kuposa zofunika kwambiri - ndipo chuma chathu chapadziko lonse lapansi chimapeza ndalama zochepa.

Ndikuyembekezera kukumana ndi oyang'anira nyumba yowunikira komanso oyimira padziko lonse lapansi mu Okutobala. Ndikwabwino nthawi zonse kulumikiza zomwe ndakumana nazo kwanuko ndi ukatswiri wa ena ndikugawana cholinga chimodzi: Kuteteza nyumba zowunikira ndi zida zina zoyendera zomwe, ngakhale m'nthawi ino ya ma satelayiti, GPS, ndiukadaulo wina, ndi ma nyali odalirika omwe amawonetsetsa kuti omwe ali panyanja amatha kupita kudoko.