Hetch Hetchy Tanki: Jagora Mai Kyau

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Jagora zuwa Ziyartar Hetch Hetchy

Idan kun kasance kusa da Yosemite kuma wani ya ce Hetch Hetchy, ba su sneezing ko hiccuping. Maimakon haka, suna magana ne game da kwarin gilashi wanda aka gano wanda dan Adam mai suna John Muir ya kira "takwaransa na gaskiya" ga mashahurin Yosemite Valley.

Har zuwa 1913, ruwan sama ya rushe dutse mai zurfi cikin kwarin da ke ƙasa. Yau, tafkin ya cika kwarin da ruwa mai kwatar ruwa a ciki.

Idan kuna tunanin ziyartar Hetch Hetchy a lokacin Yosemite hutu, waɗannan wadata, kwarewa, da kuma ra'ayi na iya taimaka maka ka yanke shawara ko zaka tafi.

Me ya sa kake zuwa Hetch Hetchy

Yankin da ake kira Hetch Hetchy an binne shi ne a ƙarƙashin tafki. Kusan kusan rabin sauti daga CA Highway 120.

Hetch Hetchy yana da kyau kuma mai ban sha'awa, amma ba a cikin manyan abubuwan da ke gani a Yosemite ba. Ba shi da mahimmancin dogon lokaci don isa wurin idan lokaci ya iyakance. Idan kana zama kwana uku zuwa hudu ko yin ziyara mai maimaita, zai iya yin canjin canji mai kyau.

A Hetch Hetchy Tanki, zaka iya tafiya a fadin dam ɗin kuma ka koyi game da tarihin yanki daga alamomin fassara. Saboda hawan tudu, Hetch Hetchy yana da tsawon lokacin tseren shakatawa a yankin. Zaka iya tafiya a hanyoyi masu yawa, daga jimla biyu zuwa 13.

A lokacin bazara, furanni suna shukawa tare da hanyoyi. Ana iya ganin Wapama Falls sau da yawa daga dam. An ba da izinin kifi a kowace shekara a Hetch Hetchy, tare da takardar izinin kifi na California.

An yarda da dabbobi a cikin filin ajiye motocin kawai, a kan leash, amma ba za su iya tafiya a kan hanyoyi ko dam.

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O'Shaughnessy Dam

A shekara ta 1913, kawai a tarihinta, Amurka ta ba da izinin birni guda zuwa wani ɓangare na filin motsa jiki don amfani da shi. Shugaba Woodrow Wilson ya sanya hannu a kan Dokar Raker a ranar 19 ga watan Disambar 1913, wanda ya ba da damar San Francisco ya gina dam a Hetch Hetchy Valley. Lokacin da aka kammala a shekarar 1923, Dam din O'Shaughnessy ya kai mita 364. An kira shi don masanin injiniya na Hetch Hetchy Project.

Tekun ya kai kimanin kilomita takwas a kogin Tuolumne kuma shine tushen ruwa ga mutanen dake zaune a San Francisco, San Mateo, da kuma Alameda kimanin kilomita 160.

Hetch Hetchy bai wuce ruwa kawai ba. Har ila yau, kashin baya ne na tsarin makamashi mai tsabta na San Francisco, yana samar da wutar lantarki daga gidajen wutar lantarki guda hudu.

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Wapama Falls

Ɗaya daga cikin shafukan da ke musamman a Hetch Hetchy, Wapama Falls yana da kaso 1,300-feet wanda yayi tafiya a cikin bazara lokacin da dusar ƙanƙara ta narkewa. Kuma ya zubar da kai tsaye a cikin tafkin.

Kodayake ba a bayyane ba a tsaye a filin filin ajiye motoci da damun Tueeulala Falls kuma sun shiga cikin ruwa.

04 na 05

Samun Hetch Hetchy: Taswira

Yosemite National Park na Hetch Hetchy Valley da Tanki ne a kusan kimanin mita 3,800, a gabashin filin, kimanin kilomita daga gabas na Big Oak Flat ƙofar Yosemite. Kuna iya ganin inda yake akan wannan taswirar Yosemite.

Don isa Hetch Hetchy, dole ku bar Yosemite National Park kuma ku sake shigar da shi. Ɗauki hanyar Highway 120 ta hanyar hanyar jirgin sama zuwa Groveland. Daga babban hanya, yana da kusan 20 zuwa 25-mintuna drive zuwa filin ajiye motoci.

Wurin sa'a na sa'a zuwa Hetch Hetchy daga CA Highway 120 farawa daga iyakar filin. Yana wuce Camp Mather, sansanin sansanin na O'Shaughnessy Dam, wanda - domin ƙasar mallakar birnin - yanzu shi ne filin shakatawa na San Francisco.

Daga can, hanya tana bi tafkin Tuolumne, yana kan iyakar Poopenaut Valley zuwa filin ajiye motoci da filin sansanin. Don ziyarar da ake yi a Hetch Hetchy, ba da izini game da awa 1.5 don yin tafiya daga babbar hanya.

An haramta motoci fiye da 25 feet tsawo a kan kunkuntar, da ɗan tsarin iska zuwa Hetch Hetchy.

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Hetch Hetchy Valley Kafin Dam

Wannan zane na Albert Bierstadt - ko da yake tabbas ya dace - ya ba ka ra'ayin abin da kwarin yake kama da dam ɗin, da kuma yadda za a iya duba idan ya koma jihar.

Ƙungiyar don kare Hetch Hetchy

A shekara ta 1870, masanin halittu John Muir ya kira Hetch Hetchy Valley "mai ban mamaki na ainihin takwaransa na babban Yosemite." Lokacin da aka rusa Tuolumne River a Hetch Hetchy Valley an fara gabatar da shi, sai ya sadu da adawar Muir. Saliyo da Saliyo sun bayyana shi kamar yadda ya ce: "Dam Hetch Hetchy! Kamar yadda dakin ruwa na ruwa ya yi da katolika da majami'u na jama'a, domin babu wani tsattsarkan haikalin da aka tsarkake ta zuciyar mutum."

Muir da abokansa sunyi yaki da mummunan yaki, karshen rayuwar Muir (ya mutu a shekara ta 1914), amma sun rasa. Hetch Hetchy Lake ya nutsar da kwarin. Ko da a yau, wasu suna adawa da gabanta kuma suna kokarin cire shi. Karanta ra'ayinsu.

Shekaru daya daga baya, wannan muhawarar ta ci gaba. A shekara ta 1987 Sakataren Harkokin Cikin Gida Donald Hodel ya ba da shawara kan shirin sake dawo da Hetch Hetchy Valley. Saliyo na goyon bayan ci gaba da matsawa don rushe dam ɗin kuma mayar da kwari, kuma kungiyar Rada Hetch Hetchy yana da bayanai da yawa game da halin yanzu, gaskiya game da labaru da kuma hanyoyin da za a iya ji ra'ayinka.