Wazi uMqobo waseThames

La Umqobo waseThames Sisithintelo sesibini esikhulu sesithintelo sezikhukula (emva kwe-Oosterscheldekering eNetherlands) kwaye sikumazantsi ezantsi ukusuka embindini we Londres.

Injongo yayo kukuthintela izikhukula esixekweni ngamaza omoya aphezulu kunye noqhwithela oluvela elwandle. Kuya kufuneka iphakanyiswe (ivaliwe) kuphela kumaza amakhulu, xa ingathotywa ukuze ikhuphe amanzi aqokelelana emva kwayo.

Ibhanki yayo isemantla eSilvertown eLondon Borough yaseNewham kwaye ibhanki yayo esemazantsi ikwindawo yaseCharlton yaseCharlton eRoyal Borough yaseGreenwich. Ingxelo kaSir Hermann Bondi kuLwandle oluseMantla, izikhukula zowe-1953 ezichaphazela indawo yomlambo iThames kunye neendawo zaseLondon zazibalulekile kulwakhiwo lomqobo.

Yazi ukuba iLondon isengozini yezikhukula. Ukunyuka kwamaza kudlula kuLwandle lwaseMantla, olucutheka ukuya kwiChannel yeNgesi efikelela kumazibuko eThames. Ukuba uqhwithela ludibana namaza asentwasahlobo, amanqanaba aphezulu aphezulu ayingozi anokuvela kwizibuko laseThames. Le meko idityaniswe nemisinga esezantsi kwiThames ibangela izinto ezikhuselekileyo zokukhusela izikhukula.

Ibali lithi abantu abali-14 babhubha ngo-1928 umkhukula iThames, emva koko abanye abantu abangama-307 basweleka e-United Kingdom kuLwandle lwaseMantla ngo-1953.

Umqobo waseThames, ojikeleza umlambo kufutshane neWoolwich kwimpuma yeSixeko saseLondon, wavulwa ngoMeyi 8, 1984. Lo msebenzi wobugcisa; isithintelo esikhulu sezikhukula emhlabeni. Iipali ezilithoba zatshoniswe ebhedini yomlambo kwaye phakathi kwazo kukho amasango entsimbi ali-10. Iinkunzi ze-hydraulic eziphakamisa amandla zithatha imizuzu engama-30 ukuhambisa iingcango endaweni yazo.

Ukutyelelwa kuthintelo lwasebukhosini akuvumelekanga, kodwa kukho umbono olungileyo wokuhamba komlambo. Kwiziko leendwendwe kukho inkqubo yeaudiyo nevidiyo enomdla kulwakhiwo kunye nokusebenza kweThames Barrier.


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