Hasken Haske na Maine

Tsayayye, nutsuwa, mara motsi, iri ɗaya
Shekara bayan shekara, ta cikin dukan shiru dare

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fitilar fitilun suna da nasu jan hankali mai dorewa. Ga waɗanda suka fito daga teku, fitila ce ta amintacciyar hanya zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa, alaƙa da waɗanda ke kan ƙasa waɗanda ke jira. Ga waɗanda ke kan ƙasa, abin sha'awa ne, jin daɗi, da alaƙa da teku a cikin kowane yanayi.

Ranar 7 ga watan Agusta ne ake bikin ranar hasashe ta kasa. Wannan karshen mako a Maine, ita ce ranar Buɗe Hasken Haske-rana don ziyartar yawancin fitilun fitilu 65+ a cikin jihar. Akwai fitillu fiye da ashirin a tsakanin mil dozin na ni yayin da nake rubutu.

Na yi sa'a da na zauna a tsibirin da ke da gidan fitilu uku. Kowannensu muhimmin bangare ne na kewaya kogin Kennebec mai nisan mil 11 daga Tekun Atlantika har zuwa birnin Bath. Kodayake Guard Coast sun sarrafa ayyukan hasken kuma babu sauran masu kula da fitilun a nan, fitilun da kansu mallakarsu ne na sirri. Kowannen su yana da nasa labarin. Kowannensu yana nan har yanzu saboda ƙungiyar masu sa kai da suka sadaukar da kansu da ke son kasancewa cikin ƙungiyar “Abokai” ko ƙungiyar ƙasa ko ƙungiyar da aka keɓe ga fitilun fitilu.

Nuna Biyu Hasken walƙiya na Haske shine abin gani mai daɗi musamman a cikin dogon dare na ƙarshen faɗuwa da hunturu. An kafa shi a kan kogin Kennebec a cikin 1899, an tsara shi don faɗakar da masu ruwa da tsaki game da haɗari guda biyu masu haɗari, jujjuyawar biyu yayin da suke gangarowa daga kogin zuwa teku. Abokan Abokan Doubling Point sun zama masu kula da hasken wutar lantarki da dukiyarsa a cikin 1998. Tun lokacin da ba a zata ba na hanyar tafiya zuwa Haske a cikin faɗuwar 2023, dukiyar ta kasance mai iyaka ga baƙi yayin da Abokan ke aiki don tara kuɗi mai yawa don sake gina hanyar tafiya. Yana da kyau a ba da rahoton cewa yayin da Hasken ya kasance a rufe ga baƙi, an fara ginin kan titin!

Hasken Rana Biyu (wanda aka fi sani da Kennebec Range Lights) sune maɓalli don kewaya waɗancan jujjuyawar lanƙwasa sau biyu lokacin fitowar kogin daga Tekun Atlantika. An gina shi a shekara ta 1898 bayan da Majalisa ta ba da dala 17,000 shekaru uku da suka gabata don haskaka kogin, manyan hasumiya na katako guda biyu masu farar fata guda takwas waɗanda aka ƙawata da rufin ja suna da irin wannan zane.

Ana ajiye fitulun a ƙarshen wani yanki mai tsayi madaidaiciya madaidaiciya na kogin. Hasumiya ɗaya tana kusa da ruwa, ɗayan kuma yana da nisan yadi 235 a cikin ƙasa kuma an ɗan ɗaga shi. Matukar dai ma’aikatan jirgin ruwa sun ajiye fitilun biyu a matsayi daya sama da daya yayin da suke tuka jirginsu, tabbas sun kasance a tsakiyar tashar. Don wani jirgin ruwa da ke zuwa sama kusa da Range Lights, kogin yana juya 90° zuwa yamma, sannan bayan mil mil kuma wani 90° don ci gaba da hanyarsa ta arewa - don haka sunan Doubling Point.

Matsayin Squirrel Haske yana zaune a kusurwar kudu maso yammacin tsibirin Arrowsic. A cikin 1895, Shugaban kasa Grover Cleveland ya ba da $4,650 don ƙaddamar da wurin Squirrel Point da gina hasumiya mai haske, mazaunin mai gadi, da sito. Jami'an Tsaron Tekun Amurka sun ayyana Citizens for Squirrel Point a matsayin masu kula da ita. A watan Agusta, sun yi bikin kafa wata sabuwar gada ta karfe wadda ta fi tsayi kuma ta fi dacewa da tsayin daka wajen jure hawan teku da kuma sauya yanayin guguwar da ta lalata tsohuwar gadar katako. Kamar takwarorinsu waɗanda ke aiki a matsayin masu kula da sauran fitilun fitulu, ƙungiyar ta dawo don magance abubuwan fifiko na hasumiyar hasumiya da gine-ginen tallafi.

An gina fitilun fitilu bisa ma'anar a wuraren da ke da rauni ga iska, ruwan sama, hawan guguwa, da sauran abubuwan da suka faru. Haɓaka matakan teku da ƙaƙƙarfan guguwa sun sa ƙalubalen kiyaye waɗannan gine-ginen tarihi ya fi girma. A matsayin al'adun tarihi, al'adu, da na teku, kiyaye su yana da ma'ana sosai fiye da layin ƙasa-kuma dukiyoyinmu na fitilun duniya ba su da kuɗi sosai.

Ina fatan saduwa da masu kula da hasken wuta da masu ba da shawara daga ko'ina cikin duniya a cikin Oktoba. Yana da kyau koyaushe in haɗa gwaninta na gida tare da ƙwarewar wasu kuma in raba manufa ɗaya: Don kare fitilun fitilu da sauran kayan taimako don kewayawa cewa, ko da a wannan zamanin na tauraron dan adam, GPS, da sauran fasaha, sune amintattun tashoshi waɗanda ke tabbatar da cewa waɗanda ke cikin teku za su iya yin hanyarsu ta tashar jiragen ruwa.