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Laws Railroad Museum, Bishop, California
An kafa dokoki lokacin da Kamfanin Carson da Colorado Railroad, wanda aka lakaba da C & C Railroad, ya zaɓi hanyar da za ta saba wa filin jirgin kasa. Layin ya danganta da Mound House, Nevada, da kuma Carson River dake nan kusa tare da ƙaddamarwa a Kogin Colorado, amma jiragen kasa ba su taba yin hakan ba. Maimakon haka, layin jirgin kasa ya ƙare a Keeler, California. Dokokin, mai nisan kilomita daga Bishop, na daya daga cikin wurare masu yawa Owens kwance tsakanin Mound House da Keeler.
An ba da dokokin da aka kira sunan Bishop Creek, amma sunan garin ya canza zuwa Dokokin da za su girmama RJ Laws, wani jami'in jirgin kasa. Daga 1883 zuwa 1960, C & C Railroad kuma, bayan 1900, Kudancin Railroad ke tafiyar da jirage kuma ya ci gaba da yin amfani da filin jirgin sama wanda ya haɗa da Mound Hill, hanyar sauya hanyar hanyar zirga-zirga domin daukar nauyin azurfa daga kudancin Nevada, tare da garuruwan Owens Valley. tashar jiragen kasa a Keeler.
Kwancen azurfa da ake tsammani a cikin Owens Valley ya juya ya zama zane-zane na azurfa. Rashin hanyar zirga-zirga ta dauki nauyin azurfa, zinc, kayan noma da dabbobi ta wurin Owens Valley don tallafawa masu aikin gona, manoma, masu garkuwa da mazauna, amma tasirin jiragen sama sun kasance daidai da wadatar da ake samu na ma'adinan, wanda ya dogara akan farashin azurfa da zinc.
Da zarar an rufe tashar jiragen ruwa, an rufe tashar jirgin kasa. Kudancin Kudancin Afrika ya rufe Dokokin Dokoki a shekarar 1959 kuma mutane suka fara barin garin. A lokacin da ƙarshen ƙaddarar ƙa'idar da aka yi a karshen shekarar 1960, Dokoki sun kare.
02 na 04
Yarima Slim, Locomotive A'a. 9
"Slim Princess". Martine Parode Southern Pacific Locomotive A'a. 9, "Slim Princess," shi ne ginshiƙan Dokar Railroad Museum. Wannan locomotive, wanda aka gina a 1909, shine ainihin na biyu don ɗaukar wannan lambar.
Yarima Slim ya gudu a kan ragami mai zurfi wanda kawai ya kai 36 inci dabam dabam, yana jawo takalman motoci. Yarima Slim da sauran locomotives na Carson & Colorado Railroad sunyi amfani da wuta, wanda ke nufin cewa mazaunan gida zasu iya samun kuɗin kuɗi da kuma ɗaukar katako na gida zuwa filin jirgin kasa. Ƙungiyoyin kwalliya sun kwashe itatuwan da aka yanke daga duwatsu da duwatsu da ke kan iyakar Owens.
Harkokin C & C na steam-steaming da ketare da ke ketare Lake Owens dauke da kayan azurfa zuwa Keeler. Yankin Keeler a bakin tekun Owens ya sanya shi dakin sufuri na azurfa kuma, daga bisani, zinc. Owens Lake ya bushe a cikin 1920s saboda an raba ruwanta a cikin Los Angeles Aqueduct, yana kara zuwa ragowar tattalin arziki a cikin Owens Valley. Lokacin da minushin zinc sun rufe, tattalin arzikin Keeler ya ragu, haka kuma ribar C & C. Tashar fasinja a C & C ta ƙare a 1932, amma sabis na sufuri a kan C & C ya ci gaba har 1960.
A yau, baƙi zuwa Dokokin Railroad Museum na iya hawa a kan Slim Princess da zama a cikin daya daga cikin motocin fasinjoji. A kan lokuta na karshen makonni na biki da kuma bukukuwa, ana ba da rukunin jirgin ruwa daga 10:30 zuwa 2:30, dangane da yanayin yanayi. Tickets suna da $ 5 a kowace mutum; yara a ƙarƙashin shafuka 13 don 'yanci lokacin da dan jariri ya biya. Gidan kayan gargajiya yana kan abubuwa na musamman a cikin shekara, ciki har da bikin Kirsimati da Laws Good Old Days, da zumuntar iyali da al'adun 'yan majalisa.
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Sharuɗɗa Dokoki da Ɗauki Dogon
Dokokin Dokoki da kuma tashar loading da aka haɗe an gina a 1883 a cikin jiragewar C & C Railroad. Lokacin da garin ya ɓace tashar jiragen ruwa a shekarar 1960, yawancin gine-ginen da ke cikin Dokoki sun rushe, amma harkar ta zauna. Yau yau gidajen gine-gine na tarihi suna nuna hotunan motsi, tasirin jiragen kasa, kayan aiki da kuma bayanai game da tashar jirgin kasa.
Gine-gine daga ko'ina Owens Valley an ajiye su daga karɓowa da kuma kawo su Dokoki. Wasu daga cikinsu, irin su Miner's Shack, an saita su yadda za su kasance a lokacin Dokoki 'heyday. Sauran an sake dawowa domin su nuna nau'o'in rayuwa a cikin dokokin.
A cikin hutunsa, garin Laws yana gida ne, otel, gidan wanka, shagon makamai, ɗakunan ajiya, gidajen shaguna da gidajen gidaje. Masu jira a cikin Owens Valley sun yi amfani da jirgin kasa don aika da shanu zuwa kasuwa da kuma kawo kayayyaki.
Duk wannan ya ɓace hanzari sau ɗaya lokacin da kudancin Pacific ya yanke shawarar rufe tashar jirgin kasa. Gidajen gine-ginen da ke cikin mallakar gidaje sun rabu da su kuma yawancin suka tashi. A cikin shekara daya, duk abin da aka bari na dokokin shi ne gidan wakilin jirgin kasa, mai dadi na jirgin kasa, tsantsa kanta, da ruwa da man fetur. Dokoki sun zama gari fatalwa kusan kusan gari.
A ƙarshen shekarun 1960, Dokoki sun kasance turbaya da lalacewa, amma mazaunan Owens Valley sun ƙaddara su ajiye Locomotive Number 9, "Slim Princess," da kuma kiyaye Dokoki. Gidan Museum na Tarihi da Tarihi na Tarihi yanzu suna aiki da Dokar Railroad Museum.
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Ƙasa da Dokoki Railroad
Kogin Miner a Dokokin Railroad Museum. Stephen Saks / Getty Images Ƙananan ma'adinai kusa da Dokokin sun hada da azurfa da tutiya. Gwanin azurfa ya fara ne, tare da gano Nevada's Comstock Lode. Masu sa ido sun sami karamin azurfa a California, irin su Cerro Gordo mine a tuddai a gabashin Keeler. Daga baya, zinc mining ya zama riba kuma ya taimaka kiyaye C & C Railroad a cikin kasuwanci.
Haɗin haɓaka aikin hakar gine-gine da kuma zirga-zirga da raguwa da ke tare da raunin Owens Lake ya hana kara zuba jari a fadin Owens. Kodayake C & C sun gudanar da harkokin kasuwancin har sai shekarar 1960, mutane da dama da dama sun bukaci aikinta. Sai kawai 'yan ƙauyuka da ke yankin Owens Valley na C & C sun gudanar da su don tsira da tsire-tsire.Idan kun tafi
Dokoki suna kan titin California 5, kimanin 4.5 miles a arewa maso gabashin Bishop. Yayin da kake kan arewa a kan Hanyar Hanya 395 ta hanyar Bishop, zauna a dama a Hanyar Hanya 6 maimakon bin 395 zuwa arewa maso yamma. Gidan kayan gargajiya zai kasance a hannun dama; akwai filin ajiye motoci a gefen hagu na hanya.
Admission kyauta ne, amma an bayar da kyauta na $ 5 a kowane mutum. Dokokin Railroad Museum ya bude a shekara. Lissafi na musamman da lokacin bazara na karshen mako yana da cikakkun bayanai akan gidan yanar gizon gidan kayan gargajiya.
Dokokin Railroad Museum Information
Dokokin Railroad Museum
PO Box 363
Bishop, California 93515
Gudanarwar GPS: Latitude 37.401, Longitude 118.346
Tarho: (760) 873-5950
Bude kullum, 10:00 am zuwa 4:00 pm
Hutu na zafi, wanda ke gudana daga karshen mako na ranar tunawa ta Wakilin Jakadancin, ranar 9:30 a. m zuwa 4:00 pm a kowace rana.