Atkinson Tower Clock


Chimodzi mwa masewero otchuka a Kota Kinabalu, kumanga nyumba zakale kwambiri kumudzi ndi Atkinson tower clock. Ndi nsanja ya mamita khumi ndi asanu, ndi nthawi yomwe likulu la Sabah likuyerekeza nthawi kwa zaka zoposa 110. Chinsanjacho ndichitsulo chokhazikitsidwa ndipo chimagwira ntchito pansi pa Sabah State Museum.

Kodi nsanjayo inamangidwa bwanji?

Mu 1902, ndale wotchuka, mkulu wa oyang'anira mzinda wa Francis George Atkinson, adamwalira ndi malungo ali ndi zaka 28 ku Jesselton (monga momwe Kota Kinabalu anaitchulira chaka cha 1968). Amayi ake kukumbukira mwana wake wokondedwa anaganiza zochitira chinachake mzindawu, kuti apindule nawo.

Ntchito yomanga nsanjayi siinali yokhazikika ndi amayi a Atkinson, komanso ndi mabwenzi ambiri a womwalirayo. Ntchitoyi inkachitidwa ndi akalipentala m'madzi a navy. Mu 1905, kumanga kwa nsanjayo kunamalizidwa, ndipo inakhazikitsidwa maola ambiri a ntchito ya watchmaker wa ku British William Potts. Nkhondo ya chimes imamveka kulikonse ku Kota Kinabalu, inayamba kumveka pa April 19, 1905.

Chifukwa cha malo osankhidwa bwino, nsanja ya wotchiyo inali ngati malo ofotokozera ngalawa, popeza pamwamba pake panali kuwala. Anagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati nyumba yapamwamba mpaka nyumba zitaliitali zitawonekera pozungulira.

Pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse, nsanjayo inawonongeka kwambiri, ndipo ola lomwelo linawonongeka. Mu 1959 nyumbayi inamangidwanso bwino, ndipo ntchitoyi inakonzedwa kale kwambiri, nkhondo itangotha. Mu 1961, kulumikiza kwaulonda kunalowetsedwa.

Zizindikiro za mawonekedwe

Ola la nsanja ya Atkinson ndi lopangidwa ndi merbau - matabwa a kuuma kwakukulu ndi kunyalanyaza. Mbiri imanena kuti nsanja imamangidwa popanda kugwiritsa ntchito misomali. Ikuvekedwa korona ndi weathervanes, zomwe zimasonyeza makalata a mphepo.

Kodi mungatani kuti mupite ku tchire la koloko?

Nsanja ikhoza kufika pamtunda pafupi ndi Jalan Tun Fuad Stephen, Jalan Istana kapena Jalan Tuaran.