- Ikheli: Swing Bridge, Belize City, Belize
Ngesikhathi uhlala eBelize, kufanele nakanjani ubheke i-Swing (igama lesibili yi-Old Bridge) - ibhuloho elidala kunazo zonke zokudweba okufanayo eMelika Ephakathi. Itholakala esikhungweni esidala saseBelize , eduze kweMaritime Museum. U-Oulover, umgwaqo wase-Swing Bridge uhlanganisa omunye wemikhono yomlomo waseBelize River, uxhuma izingxenye ezisenyakatho naseningizimu yedolobha. Leli elinye lamabhuloho ambalwa asele emhlabeni, ukuphathwa okwamanje okwenziwa ngesandla, ngakho-ke kufaneleka ukubheka!
Umlando we-drawbridge
Ukwakhiwa nokwakhiwa kwebhuloho kwenziwa ngo-1922-1923. e-Liverpool. Ama-drawbridges asetshenzisiwe aseBelize athola njengesipho esivela kuziphathimandla zaseBrithani. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, leli bhuloho lathunyelwa eNew Orleans ngenkampani yokuthutha yaseMelika futhi yavulwa. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi washintsha izakhiwo ezinamapulangwe ezindala zangekhulu le-19 leminyaka, ezenziwe ngamadolobhana ukuba ahambe ngaphesheya komfula. Ngo-1931, isiphepho esinamandla kakhulu sabulala iBelize, sonakalisa ibhuloho. Izinhlekelele zemvelo ezinjalo ziphindaphindiwe ngo-1961 no-1998, okwenza ibhuloho ibonakale, kodwa hhayi umonakalo omkhulu. Eminyakeni eyishumi yokuqala yekhulu lama-21, iziphathimandla zedolobha zenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokuvuselela, okwathi lapho kuvela khona umbono wokushiya ukulawulwa kwebhuloho yebhuloho bese ushintshela umthethonqubo othomathikhi. Abantu baphikisana nokusetshenziswa kwemishini, bethi lokhu kuzosusa umuzi wezinto ezivelele kakhulu, isikhumbuzo esiyingqayizivele sobunjiniyela okucatshangwa ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20.
Ibhuloho eliphambanayo ezinsukwini zethu
Esikhathini esidlule, i-drawbridge yayisetshenziswa njengomthamo omkhulu wezokuthutha wedolobha - isuka kwenye ingxenye yedolobha ukuya kwenye, futhi imikhumbi yokudoba ilinde ngalesi sikhathi, lapho ukuzalanisa kuqala, ukusuka e-Caribbean Sea kuya echwebeni. Manje umgwaqo omkhulu wemoto udlula amanye amabhuloho, futhi i-drawbridge ihamba ngezinyawo. Ivuliwe ngesandla ngabasebenzi abane, okuyinto edonsa winch, ngaleyo ndlela ehola izingxenye ibhuloho zibe motion. Ukuzaliswa kwebhuloho kwenziwa kabili ngosuku - ekuseni nakusihlwa, ukuze weqe izikebhe. Indawo ye-drawbridge ibhekwa njengenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokuhamba ekushiseni kwehlobo - umfula omuhle ogcwele imvelo uthola ukwamukelwa okupholile.
Ungafika kanjani?
Ibhuloho itholakala ku-Queen Street, enkabeni yeBelize , ngamamitha angamakhulu ambalwa ukusuka ku-Oluvera kuya e-Sea Caribbean.