ITower Bridge ingesinye sezithonjana zenhloko-dolobha yaseLondon. ITower Bridge ingelinye lalawo okumele ubonwe ngawo okumele uwenze edolobheni elikhulu laseBrithani kanti lo mhlahlandlela olandelayo ukukunikeza lonke ulwazi oludingekayo ukuze ululungele kahle uhambo lwakho.
Uma ufuna ukwazi izinto ezingama-30 okufanele uzenze eLondon Chofoza lapha.
1. Yini iTower Bridge?
ITower Bridge noma iTower Bridge ingenye yezindawo ezidume kakhulu eLondon. Isici sayo esikhulu ukuthi ibhuloho lokudonsa, okungukuthi, lingavulwa ukuvumela ukudlula kwezikebhe. Futhi liyibhuloho lokumiswa, ngoba linezigaba ezimbili ezivikelwe ngezintambo.
2. Ngabe yiLondon Bridge efanayo?
Cha, yize ukudideka kujwayelekile. IBhuloho laseLondon lamanje, eliphakathi kweTower Bridge neCannon Street Railway, alitshekisi futhi alilengeli, yize liyindawo efanekiselayo, ngoba lisendaweni lapho kwakhiwa khona ibhuloho lokuqala edolobheni, cishe iminyaka eyizi-2 000.
3. Itholakala kuphi iTower Bridge?
Leli bhuloho liwela uMfula iThames eduze kakhulu noMbhoshongo odumile waseLondon, yingakho negama lawo. UMbhoshongo uyisigodlo esakhiwa cishe eminyakeni eyinkulungwane edlule, esakhiwe nguWilliam uMnqobi futhi sisetshenziswe ngendlela ehlukile phakathi neminyaka eyinkulungwane edlule. Udumo olukhulu lweTower luvela ekusetshenzisweni kwayo njengendawo yokubulawa kwabalingiswa abakhulu emlandweni wamaNgisi, njengo-Anne Boleyn noCatherine Howard.
4. Lakhiwa nini iTower Bridge?
Leli bhuloho lavulwa ngo-1894, ngemuva kweminyaka engu-8 lakhiwa, ngokusho kwesitayela se-Victorian ngumakhi waseNgilandi uHorace Jones, owayesevele eshonile ngenkathi umsebenzi wakhe uthunyelwa. Amakhamera amabili, anesisindo esingaphezu kwamathani ayi-1000 lilinye, akhuliswa ngama-degree angama-85 ukuvumela imikhumbi ukuba idlule.
5. Bawaphakamise kanjani amakhamera asindayo kangaka ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19?
Izingalo ezimbili zokuphakamisa ibhuloho zaphakanyiswa ngamandla we-hydraulic ahlinzekwa ngamanzi acindezelwe afakwa ngezinjini ze-steam. Uhlelo lokuvula u-hydraulic selwenziwe olwesimanje, esikhundleni samanzi kufakwa uwoyela kanye nokusebenzisa amandla kagesi esikhundleni sesitimu. Ungalibona leli gumbi lenjini leVictorian ohambweni lweTower Bridge.
6. Ngabe izindlela zokuhamba zazakhiwe ngebhuloho lasekuqaleni?
Kunjalo. Lezi zindlela zokuhamba zazenzelwe ukuvumela abantu abahamba ngezinyawo ukuthi badlule ngenkathi kukhuliswa amakamu. Kodwa-ke, abantu abazisebenzisanga ukuwela umfula ngoba bakhetha ukubuka ukuhamba kwamakhamu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, okwesikhashana, ama-catwalks ayengama-ruffians nezifebe.
7. Ngabe manje ngingakwazi ukuya kuma-catwalks?
Ungabona umbukiso weTower Bridge bese ukhuphuka ama-catwalks ngokuthenga ithikithi elihambisanayo. Kusukela kuzindawo zokuhamba, ezitholakala ngaphezu kwamamitha angama-40 ukuphakama, unamakhadi abukekayo aseLondon, womabili ngaweso lenyama nangezibonakude. Ngonyaka we-2014, iphasi lezindlela zokuhamba lalicwebezelwe ukuhlinzeka ngombono oyingqayizivele webhuloho lokudonsa, izimoto kulo kanye nokuhamba kwamanzi emfuleni, yize izinkinga zibhaliwe ngezinto ezisetshenzisiwe.
8. Ngabe ngizokwazi ukubona ukuvulwa nokuvalwa kwebhuloho?
ITower Bridge ivula futhi ivale izikhathi ezingaba yinkulungwane ngonyaka ukuze izikebhe ziwele. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ama-cams akhuliswa phakathi kwezikhathi ezi-2 nezingu-4 nsuku zonke, ngakho-ke kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi uzobona ukuvuleka okukodwa noma ngaphezulu ngenkathi uhlala eLondon uma wazi izikhathi ezizokwenzeka ngazo. Labo ababhekele imikhumbi enentshisekelo yokuwela kumele bacele ukuvulwa kusasele amahora angama-24. Ukuvula nokuvala kulawulwa uhlelo lwekhompyutha.
9. Ngabe kunemingcele yokuwela iTower Bridge ngezinyawo nangemoto?
Leli bhuloho lihlala liwela abantu abahamba phambili ngaphesheya koMfula iThames futhi lisetshenziswa yizinkulungwane eziningana zezimoto nsuku zonke. Njengoba kuyisikhumbuzo somlando okumele sigcinwe, izimoto kufanele zizungeze ngejubane eliphezulu elingu-32 km / ihora kanti isisindo esikhulu semoto ngayinye singamathani ayi-18. Uhlelo lwekhamera olusezingeni eliphezulu luthatha konke okwenzeka ebhulohweni futhi lukhombe amapuleti ezilayisensi ukujezisa abephula umthetho.
10. Ngibona ibhuloho elisuka emfuleni?
Kunjalo. Ungathatha i-cruise eMfuleni iThames uhambe ngaphansi kwezingalo zokuphakamisa, usondele kakhulu kubo kanye nezinqwaba ezinkulu zokusekela. Izikebhe zinomoya opholile, ngakho-ke zilungele noma ngasiphi isikhathi sonyaka, futhi zinombono we-panoramic. Kulezi zikebhe unemibono eyingqayizivele yezindawo ezahlukahlukene ezikhangayo zaseLondon, njengeBig Ben, iNdlu yePhalamende, iShakespeare’s Globe nezinye. Ungaya futhi eRoyal Greenwich Observatory ukubona i-meridian edumile.
11. Iyini intengo yokuvakashela iTower Bridge?
Ithikithi lokubona umbukiso webhuloho, kufaka phakathi ama-catwalks negumbi lenjini le-Victorian, libiza u- £ 9 kubantu abadala; 3.90 yezingane nabantu abasha abaphakathi kweminyaka emihlanu nengu-15 ubudala; kanye no-6.30 wabantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-60 ubudala. Izingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu ubudala zikhululekile. Uma uthenge iLondon Pass, ukuvakashelwa kwebhuloho kufakiwe. Kukhona namaphakeji afaka phakathi ibhuloho kanye noMbhoshongo waseLondon oseduze.
12. Ayini amahora okuvula embukisweni?
Kukhona amashejuli amabili, elilodwa elentwasahlobo - ihlobo kanti elinye elekwindla - ebusika. Owokuqala, kusukela ngo-Ephreli kuya kuSepthemba, uqala ngo-10 ekuseni kuya ku-5: 30 ntambama (ukungena kokugcina ngo-5: 30 ntambama) kanti owesibili, kusukela ngo-Okthoba kuya kuMashi, uqala ngo-9: 30 ekuseni kuye ku-5 ntambama (idem).
Siyethemba ukuthi sikunikeze lonke ulwazi oludingekayo ukuze uvakashele i-Tower Bridge nezinye izindawo eziseduze ozithandayo. Uma usale unanoma yimiphi imibuzo, sicela uyibhale encwadini emfushane bese sizozama ukuyicacisa kokuthunyelwe okuzayo.
