Moolelo o ka Dam

Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka pā e ka mea kākau/ʻenekinia kaulana, ʻo Earle Andrews—ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻolālā a kūkulu i nā hana hoʻolālā kaulana he 20th Century, e like me ka United Nations Complex, Jones Beach State Park, Henry Hudson Parkway, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui.

ʻO Bane's Mill Dam ma Big Walker Creek ma White Gate, Virginia, ua hoʻolālā ʻia a kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1926. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o ka lāhui, inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka hiʻohiʻona, o kahi pā hale mīkini Modernist i hoʻolālā ʻia e kahi mea hoʻolālā Modernist alakaʻi o nā ʻāina kaulana ʻAmelika. .

ʻO ka palapala ʻo Bane's Mill Dam ma ke ʻano he hana a W. Earle Andrews he leka 1952 kahi i kapa ʻia ai ʻo Andrews "kekahi o kaʻu mau lanakila mua" a me ke kiʻi kiʻi kālai ʻia a Andrews o ka pā, ua hōʻike ʻia ia mau mea ʻelua ma ka wikiō a ma ka faila. me ka Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

Ua kūkulu ʻia ka pā wai me ke koki hydraulic kiʻekiʻe i kūkulu ʻia no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka wai. Ua like ia me ka wai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o ka hale wili kuaʻāina ma mua o kahi pā hale hana lehulehu i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e kūpono i ka hoʻonohonoho - hoihoi, no ka mea e paʻi koke ʻia ʻo Andrews e Robert Moses e kūkulu i nā hana lehulehu.

Wahi a Andrews i kaha kiʻi ai, he ʻeiwa kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe o ke alo i uka me ka mānoanoa o ʻehā kapuaʻi ma ke kumu a he 20 ʻīniha ma luna. He nui nā mea hoʻolālā o nā pā kuaʻāina i hoʻōki me kēia wili kumu, akā ua koi ʻia ka hoʻolālā ʻana o Andrews i kahi ʻoi aku ka makaʻala: ua kākoʻo ʻia ka maka e nā kumu ʻewalu. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia he 28 kapuaʻi ke kaʻawale, ʻelua a ʻehā paha kapuaʻi ka laula o kēlā me kēia, aneane ʻewalu kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, a ʻewalu kapuaʻi ka mānoanoa ma ke kumu, hiki iā lākou ke ʻae i ka wai e kū i ke kaomi nui o ka wai ma kona kumu. Ua kūkulu pū ʻo Andrews i ka pā ma kahi ʻōniʻoniʻo i uka. ʻO ia ʻano curvature i manaʻo ʻia e lawe i nā ukana i nā ʻaoʻao, e ʻae ana i ka ikaika o ka wai e hiki mai ana e ʻomi i ka ʻaaka, e hoʻoikaika ana i ka hale.

E pili ana i ka Bane's Mill Dam, ma kāna leka 1952, ua kūkākūkā ʻo Andrews i kāna hoʻohana ʻana i "nā pahu wili wili wili no nā koʻokoʻo hoʻoikaika" i ka mea, ua hōʻike ʻo ia, kahi mamao loa mai ka "orthodox" dam; ʻO ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ke kūkulu ʻana o ka wai i hōʻike ʻia i ka holomua o ke ʻano o Andrews.

ʻOiai ua hana ʻino ʻia kekahi mau pā wai - nā paia i hoʻōki a hoʻokahe wale i ke kahe - ua hana nā mea hou a Andrews i ka Bane's Mill Dam i mea hana pololei i hoʻolālā ʻia a ana ʻia e hoʻohana pono ai i kahi kahe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. ʻEkolu puka waho o ka wai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia: hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma nā puka wai ma ke kumu o ka pā, ka hoʻoulu ʻana i luna, a me ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā hale wili e hoʻoikaika ai i ka wili a me ka ʻili. Pono e kaulike nā mea a pau no ka hana kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO ke kiʻi maikaʻi loa paha o ka hui ʻana o Andrews o ke ʻano nani a me ka hana kūpono, ʻo ia nā "ʻanuʻu" he kanahā ma luna o ka pā, i lilo i mau pōhaku paepae i nā mana o ka pā a ma ke ʻano he ana ʻike no nā mea hana.

ʻO ka hoʻolālā a Andrews i hiki ai i nā limahana ke hoʻoikaika i ka mana o ka kahe wai e maloʻo ai kēia mau ʻanuʻu; hiki i nā limahana ke hele wāwae i ka pā wai no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka puka wai ma kona lōʻihi me ka pulu ʻole o ko lākou mau wāwae. Ma waena o kēia mau ʻanuʻu, ua ʻae ʻia ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wai i luna e loli ma mua o ʻelua ʻīniha ma waena o ka ʻili o luna o nā ʻanuʻu a me ka piko o ka pā.

Aia ʻo Bane's Mill Dam ma ka ʻāina he 38 ʻeka i kapa ʻia ʻo Waterside a noho mua ʻia e nā Banes ma kahi o 1791. No Creed Bane Taylor, VI a me kāna wahine ʻo Jeanne-Marie Garon Taylor ka waiwai.

Hiki i nā mea hoʻokele ma Old Mill Dam Road, ma waho o ke Alanui 42 ma ke komohana hema o Pearisburg, Virginia, hiki ke ʻike i ka Bane's Mill Dam a lohe i kona wailele ma kahi o 75 kapuaʻi mai ke alanui.

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