Limehouse Basin

Limehouse Basin ruwa ne mai 2 miles (3.2 km) gabashin Gadar London wanda kuma hanya ce mai sauƙi ta tafiya tsakanin Kogin Thames da magudanan ruwa guda biyu na London. An fara haƙa shi a shekarar 1820 a matsayin ƙarshen gabashin sabuwar magudanar ruwa ta Regent, yankin danshi bai wuce 5 acres (2.0 hectares) da farko, amma a hankali aka faɗaɗa shi a zamanin Victorian, inda ya kai girman ninki biyu, lokacin da aka ba shi makullin shiga mai kama da ta baya, wanda ya isa ya ɗauki jiragen ruwa masu nauyin tan 2,000. A tsawon rayuwarsa ta aiki, an fi sanin kwarin da Regent's Canal Dock, kuma ana amfani da shi wajen jigilar kayayyaki tsakanin tsohon Tashar Jiragen Ruwa ta Landan da tsarin magudanar ruwa ta Ingila . Kayayyakin da ake sarrafawa galibi kwal da katako ne, har ma da kankara, har ma da dabbobin circus, mai na Rasha da jiragen ruwa na Yaƙin Duniya na Farko . Jiragen ruwa masu tafiya suna jigilar kaya zuwa can har zuwa Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, kuma ana iya ganin su a cikin fina-finai da zane-zane da suka rage. An rufe tashar jiragen ruwa don jigilar kaya a 1969 kuma daga ƙarshe ya daina amfani da su. Bayan rufe kwarin da yawancin manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa na London, an sake gina kewaye don gidaje da nishaɗi a ƙarshen ƙarni na 20. Wani lokaci yanzu ana kiransa da Limehouse Marina, Basin yana tsakanin layin Docklands Light Railway (DLR) da kuma titin Narrow ; ramin Limehouse Link yana wucewa a ƙasa. Kai tsaye zuwa gabas akwai Ropemaker's Fields, ƙaramin wurin shakatawa. Domin dumama gidajensu da dafa abinci, mazauna London a wani lokaci suna ƙona itace, amma dazuzzukan yankin, duk da cewa ana sarrafa su a matsayin albarkatun da za a iya sabuntawa, ba za su iya ci gaba da ƙaruwar buƙatar ba. Don haka a ƙarni na 18, man fetur na garin galibi kwal ne, wanda aka shigo da shi daga Newcastle a kan Tyne ta teku - don haka, <i id="mwOA">kwal na teku</i> . Ana jigilar shi a cikin jiragen ruwa, galibi ƙananan jiragen ruwa . Saboda tafiye-tafiye na iya zama masu haɗari sosai, an gina waɗannan don ƙarfi, "ba don kallo ba". Da suka isa Thames, wani mai kula da jiragen ruwa ya yi ƙoƙarin neman wurin ajiye jiragen ruwa a cikin tafkin London mai cunkoso . Da zarar an sanya su a kan jirgin ruwa, wasu ƙananan jiragen ruwa, waɗanda ake kira masu kunna jiragen ruwa, sun sauke mata kaya. Amma waɗannan na'urorin kunna jiragen ruwa ana amfani da su ne a matsayin rumbunan ajiya masu iyo, wataƙila suna ɗaukar lokaci mai tsawo kafin a sauke su. Sun jawo hankalin "'Yan fashin teku na Kogi, Masu fashin jiragen ruwa na dare, Masu kunna jiragen ruwa, Masu saukar jiragen ruwa, Masu saukar jiragen ruwa, Masu saukar jiragen ruwa, Masu saukar jiragen ruwa, da Masu saukar jiragen ruwa na Peter-Boatmen", har ta kai ga cewa ba kasafai ake biyan kwal ɗinsu ba, ko kuma haka Patrick Colquhoun, wanda ya kafa 'Yan sandan Kogin Thames ya ce. Wasu garuruwan cikin gida sun dogara ne da tsarin magudanar ruwa ta Ingila don samun kwal, duk da haka hanyar shiga daga tafkin London ta yi wahala, hanyar haɗin Thames mafi kusa ita ce Brentford . Kamfanin Regent's Canal Company ya ba da shawarar magance wannan matsalar ta hanyar haƙa magudanar ruwa don kewaya London da ke arewa. Jiragen ruwa masu jan dawaki za su isar da kayayyaki a kan hanyar daga Limehouse zuwa Reshen Paddington na Grand Union Canal (wanda aka buɗe a 1801), da gaba. "An yi niyyar magudanar ruwa ta Regent kuma har yanzu tana haɗa Thames da ruwa, misali, Birmingham". Daga baya, wani lokacin ana ganin yana da rahusa a shigo da kwal a akasin haka. Masu ma'adinan Newcastle suna cikin wani kamfani don ci gaba da hauhawar farashi, kuma lokacin da suka yi nisa, filayen kwal na tsakiyar ƙasa suna aika amfanin gonarsu zuwa London ta hanyar Regent's Canal. Inda magudanar ruwa ta haɗu da kogin ruwa, yawanci akwai ƙaramin kwano inda jiragen ruwa za su iya jira yanayin da ya dace na ruwan ya wuce. Kamfanin Regent's Canal Company, wanda ba shi da jari, ya yi tunanin zai isa ya samar da ƙaramin kwale-kwale 1 Wannan kwano mai a Limehouse. Duk da haka, an mayar da su zuwa wani ra'ayi mai ƙarfi: suna mai da shi babban isa don karɓar jiragen ruwa na Newcastle da kansu, waɗanda za su iya sauke su a lokacin da suka dace. Manazarta