- Idilesi: iKota Kinabalu, 88400 eKota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Ifowuni: +60 88 212 121
- Umhla wokwakhiwa: 1905
- Ixesha lokusebenza: imihla ngemihla kwaye ijikeleze iwashi
Enye yezinto ezidumile zeKota Kinabalu, ukwakhiwa kwebhenki endala kunesi sixeko i-Atkinson i-clock tower. Yona inqaba ende yeekhilomitha ezilishumi elinesihlanu, ngeyure apho i-capital yaseSabah ixhathisa ixesha elingaphezu kweminyaka eyi-110. Inqaba yesikhumbuzo esakhiwayo kwaye isebenza phantsi kweendlela zeMascus Museum.
Kwakhiwa njani inqaba?
Ngowe-1902, upolitiki owaziwayo, intloko yokulawulwa kwedolophu kaFrancis George Atkinson, wabulawa yi-malaria eneminyaka engama-28 e-Jesselton (njengoko iKota Kinabalu ibizwa ngaphambi ko-1968). Unina umyeni wakhe oyintanda wagqiba ekubeni enze into ethile kulo mzi, ngenjongo yokuba asebenze.
Ukwakhiwa kwinqaba kwakungekho kuphela nguNksk Atkinson, kodwa kunye nabahlobo abaninzi bomntu ofileyo. Umsebenzi wenziwa ngabachweli bemikhosi beenqanawa. Ngomnyaka we-1905, ukwakhiwa kwinqaba yagqitywa, kwaye yafakwa iiyure zomsebenzi waseBritish uWilliam Potts. Imfazwe yama-chimes ivalelwa naphina eKota Kinabalu, yaqala ukuva ngo-Ephreli 19, 1905.
Ngenxa yendawo ekhethiweyo, i-clock tower yayiyindawo yokubhekisela kweenqanawa, kuba iphezulu yayo yayikhanyisiwe. Yayisetyenziswe njengoluhlobo lwendawo yokukhanya kuze kubekho izakhiwo ezide zibonakala ngapha kwayo.
Ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi Yesibili, inqaba yayiyingozi kakhulu, kwaye iwashi ngokwayo yayonakaliswa. Ngowe-1959 isakhiwo saqulunqwa ngokutsha, kwaye i-clockwork yalungiswa ngaphambili, emva kokuba imfazwe iphelile. Ngomnyaka we-1961, ukutshintsha kwe-watch kwafakwa endaweni.
Izixhobo zesakhiwo
I-clock ye-tower yase-Atkinson yenziwe nge-merbau-ukhuni olukhuni oluphezulu kunye nokunyanga okungazinzi. Imbali ithi inqaba yakhiwa ngaphandle kokusetyenziswa kwezipikili. Isithsaba sezulu, esichaza iileta zemimoya.
Indlela yokufikelela kwindonga yewashi?
Inqaba ifikeleleka ngemoto kunye noJalan Tun Fuad uStephen, uJalan Istana okanye uJalan Tuaran.