I-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse

I-Piedras Blancas ithatha igama layo kusuka e-rock outcrop ekugcineni kwephuzu. Iphuzu eliqinile emgodini waseSan Luis Obispo County, futhi indawo yalo yokukhanya ihlanganisa enye into ehlwini lwakho lwezinto uma uhamba phakathi kweCarmel noMorro Bay eCalifornia Highway One.

Namuhla, umbhoshongo wokukhanyisa uhlala, kodwa amazinga aphezulu aphelile. Kusemhlabeni ogcinwe yiBhodi Yezokuphathwa Komhlaba, abasebenza ukuyibuyisela.

Lokho Ongayenza E-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse

Ungabona i-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, kodwa kuphela ekuhambeni okuqondisiwe. Lezo zivakashi zenzeka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngesonto. Ungahlola isimiso samanje ku-website yabo. Awudingi ukubhuka. Uzohamba ngaphakathi kwesakhiwo sokukhanya, kodwa izivakashi azivunyelwe embhoshongweni.

Eduze, uzothola i- Hearst Castle - futhi ebusika, ungabuka izimbozo zezindlovu kusukela ekubhekaneni ne-Highway One .

Emakhilomitha ambalwa enyakatho, idolobha laseCambria liyindawo enhle yokuvakashela. I-Fresnel lens evela e-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse manje ibheke ku-Main Street edolobheni laseCambria, eduze neLawn Bowling Club. Futhi eCambria, uzothola indlu yomgcini wekhanda kumgwaqo we-Chatham. Yagqunywa emagumbini futhi yathuthela lapho ngawo-1960.

Umlando othakazelisayo wePiedras Blancas Lighthouse

Iphuzu lomhlaba e-Piedras Blancas lakhethwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1870 ukugcwalisa igebe phakathi kwezibani e-Point Conception ne Point Point.

I-$ 70,000 yabelwe iphrojekthi. Umsebenzi waqala ngo-1874, kodwa kwadingeka kwaze kwafika ngo-1875.

Leli zwe labekwa eceleni kwesiteshi sokukhanya ngo-1866, kodwa ngo-1874, ubunikazi babuyiselwa kuDon Juan Castro, owayenamadolobha aseMexico ahlinzeka ngoRock Piedra Blanca, owawunikezwa u-Doe Jose de Jesus Pico ngo-1840.

U-Castro wayengajabuli ngalowo msebenzi, kodwa waqhubeka nanoma kunjalo.

UCaptain Ashley, owaqapha ukwakhiwa kwendawo yokukhanya e-Point Arena, wayephethe ukukhanya kuPiedras Blancas. Idwala lendawo lalingenakwenzeka ukuqhuma noma ukungena. Ekugcineni, izinhlelo zaguqulwa, futhi ingxenye yombhoshongo ngezansi phansi yayakhiwe nxazonke edwaleni.

I-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse tower yayingamamitha ama-100 ubude, i-Fresnel lense iqala ukusika futhi iphoswe eFrance, yenza ukukhanya okukhanyayo okungabonwa ngamamayela angu-25 ukusuka ogwini. Isignesha yayo yayiyi-flash njalo ngemizuzwana engu-15. Ekuqaleni, abanikazi bokugcina babehlala emashanties asetshenziselwa ukwakha izisebenzi zokwakha. Ekugcineni, indlu yesitayela esinezintatheli ezimbili, isitayela sase-Victori isiphelile ngo-1875. Ukwakhiwa kwesignali yomsindo nomunye umgcini wendlu yomgcini wakhiwa ngo-1906.

UCaptain Lorin Vincent Thorndyke wayengumgcini wokugcina umkhonto wePiedras Blancas, okhonza kusukela ngo-1876 waze wahlala umhlalaphansi ngo-1906. Amarekhodi alabo abahlukumezekile alahlekile, kodwa siyazi ukuthi i-US Lighthouse Service yahamba ngePiedras Blancas kwaze kwaba ngo-1939 lapho i-US Coast Guard thatha emvakwa.

Ngo-1916, isignesha yashintsha yaba yinkomba kabili njalo ngemizuzwana engu-15.

Ngo-1948, ukuzamazama komhlaba kwonakalisa indawo yokukhanya, futhi amazinga amathathu angaphezulu aphephile kangangokuthi asuswe, okwenza kube ngamamitha angu-70 ubude.

I-beacon kagesi yashintsha isibani esidala sase-kerosene ngo-1949. Isiteshi sasizenzekelayo futhi singasenqatshelwe ngo-1975 futhi savalwa ngo-1991. I-Guard Guard yashintsha i-Piedras Blancas Light Station ku-The Bureau of Land Management ngo-2001, futhi yavulwa ngokuvakasha ngo-2005.

Namuhla, i-lighthouse iphinde ibe usizo lwezokuhamba, olukhanyisa isignali yonke imizuzwana engu-10.

I-Visiting Piedras Blancas Lighthouse

Lezi zivakashi zihlala cishe amahora angu-2 futhi zidinga cishe uhambo lwamamayela wokuhamba. Kungase kukhanselwe esimweni esibi sezulu.

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Ukuya e-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse

I-Piedras Blancas Lighthouse i-California Highway 1 ku-15950 i-Cabrillo Highway, enyakatho yeSan Simeon.

Ungayibona njengoba ushayela ku-Highway 1.

Izivakashi zihlangana endaweni yasePiedras Blancas Motel yangakhilomitha angu-1.5 enyakatho yendlu yokukhanya.

Okuningi ku-California Lighthouses

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