Akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Dam

Ọ bụ onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ / injinia a ma ama, Earle Andrews — bụ onye gara n'ihu chepụta / wuo ọtụtụ ọmarịcha ihe owuwu ụlọ nke narị afọ nke 20, dị ka ogige United Nations Complex, Jones Beach State Park, Henry Hudson Parkway na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ.

Bane's Mill Dam na Big Walker Creek dị na White Gate, Virginia, bụ nke e mere ma wuo ya na 1926. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ihe atụ kachasị mma na mba ahụ, ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị nanị ihe atụ, nke ọgba aghara igwe igwe Modernist mere site n'aka onye isi Modernist na-emepụta ihe ngosi ama ama America. .

Akwụkwọ nke Bane's Mill Dam dị ka ọrụ nke W. Earle Andrews gụnyere leta 1952 nke Andrews kpọrọ ya "otu n'ime mmeri mbụ m" na Andrews bịanyere aka na sketch architectural nke dam, nke a na-egosipụta abụọ na vidiyo na faịlụ. ya na ngalaba Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

A na-eji kọmpat hydraulic nwere nnukwu mkpokọta arụrụ mmiri ahụ nke ọma maka ịkwanye mmiri. Ọ dị ka obere mmiri mmiri igwe ihe igwe n'ime ime obodo karịa nnukwu mmiri mgbochi ọhaneze nke emeberela ka ọ dabara na ntọala ahụ—na-adọrọ mmasị, ebe ọ bụ na n'oge na-adịghị anya Robert Moses ga-akụ Andrews iji wuo nnukwu ọrụ ọha.

Dị ka ihe osise Andrews si kwuo, mmiri mmiri ahụ nwere ihu elu kwụ ọtọ n'ogologo dị n'ụkwụ itoolu nwere ọkpụrụkpụ ụkwụ anọ na ala yana 20 inch n'elu. Ọtụtụ ndị na-emepụta ihe mgbochi ime ime obodo gaara eji nke a bụ isi akwụsị, mana imewe Andrews chọrọ ịkpachara anya ọzọ: ihu buttresses asatọ na-akwado ihu. N'ebe dị n'etiti ụkwụ 28, nke ọ bụla n'ime ụkwụ abụọ na anọ n'obosara, ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ụkwụ asatọ n'ịdị elu, na ụkwụ asatọ n'ogo na ala, ha na-ekwe ka dam ahụ nagide nrụgide mmiri kachasị na ala ya. Andrews rụkwara dam ahụ n'usoro mgbago gbagoro agbago. A na-eche na ọkpụkpụ dị otú ahụ na-ebu ibu n'akụkụ ya, na-ekwe ka ike nke mmiri na-abịa merụọ ogwe ahụ, na-ewusi ihe owuwu ahụ ike.

N'ịtụ aka na Bane's Mill Dam, n'akwụkwọ ozi ya 1952, Andrews na-ekwu maka ojiji o jiri "igwe igwe igwe dị warara na-ahụ maka mkpanaka na-agba ume" na ihe bụ, ọ na-akọ, nke dị anya site na dam "ọtọdọks"; Iguzosi ike n'ezi ihe n'usoro ihe mgbochi ahụ na-egosi ọganihu nke ụzọ Andrews.

Ọ bụ ezie na ụfọdụ mmiri mgbochi oge na-arụ ọrụ—mgbidi ndị kwụsịrị ma ọ bụ na-agbapụta mmiri—ihe ọhụrụ Andrews mere Bane's Mill Dam ka ọ bụrụ ngwá ọrụ ziri ezi emebere ma tụọ ya ka o jiri usoro a na-achịkwa nke ọma nke ọma. Mmiri a gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ nwere ụzọ atọ: mwepụta site n'ọnụ ụzọ idei mmiri na ala mmiri ahụ, n'elu n'elu, na ntugharị gaa n'igwe nri iji mee ka igwe ihe na-arụ ọrụ na igwe osisi. Ekwesịrị iji nlezianya dozie ihe niile maka ịrụ ọrụ kacha elu.

Ikekwe ihe atụ kachasị mma nke ngwakọta Andrews nke ụdị mara mma na ọrụ bara uru bụ "nzọụkwụ iri anọ" dị n'elu mmiri mmiri ahụ, bụ nke jere ozi dị ka okwute steepụ na njikwa mmiri mmiri na dịka ihe nlele anya maka ndị na-arụ ọrụ.

Nhazi Andrews mere ka ndị ọrụ nwee ike ịchịkwa oke mmiri na usoro ndị a ga-adị ka nkụ; ndị ọrụ nwere ike iji ụkwụ gafee dam ahụ iji rụọ ọrụ ide mmiri n'ogologo ya n'emeghị ka ụkwụ ha dị mmiri. N'etiti usoro ndị a, a na-ahapụ ịdị elu nke mmiri na-ekpuchi elu ka ọ gbanwee ihe karịrị sentimita abụọ n'etiti elu elu nke steepụ ahụ na elu mmiri ahụ.

Bane's Mill Dam dị na ala 38-acre a maara dị ka Waterside na ndị Banes biri na mbụ. Ihe onwunwe ahụ bụ Creed Bane Taylor, VI, na nwunye ya Jeanne-Marie Garon Taylor.

Ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ ala na Old Mill Dam Road, kwụsịrị Route 42 southwest of Pearisburg, Virginia, nwere ike ịhụ Bane's Mill Dam wee nụ mmiri mmiri ya dị ihe dịka 75 ụkwụ site n'okporo ụzọ ahụ.

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