Biteganijwe ko Ballard (Ballard) ifunze Stoney gate valve yo gusimbuza imirimo biteganijwe ko izarangira ku ya 3 Ukuboza

Umushinga wo gutangira gusimbuza inzu nini yo kuhira amazi muri Ballard Lock warangiye nyuma yo gushimira nkuko byari byateganijwe.
Icyumba kinini cyo gufunga ubwato cyafunzwe ku ya 12 Ukwakira, kandi igihe cyari giteganijwe ko igihe cyo gufunga cyari iminsi 53, kikaba kikaba kirenze ukwezi kurenza uko bisanzwe bisanzwe byo mu Gushyingo.
Isozwa ryemereye ingabo z’Abanyamerika z’Abashoramari gutangira gusimbuza valve y’umwimerere w’imyaka 102 ya Stoney-kimwe n’iyakozwe kandi ikoreshwa mu gihe cyo kubaka umuyoboro wa Panama. Nibwambere mubihe bine byongerewe igihe cyo gufunga kandi biri mumasezerano yimyaka myinshi ifite agaciro ka miliyoni 10.5 zamadorali y’Amerika, azasimbuza imiyoboro yo kuhira mu byumba binini bifunga.
Iyi mibande yarohamye mubikorwa bisanzwe kandi irashobora gufunga umwobo wuzuye ufite metero 8 z'ubugari na santimetero 14 z'uburebure.
Armyos Bill Dowell yavuze ko iyubakwa rigenda neza kandi ko riteganya gukora ibizamini ndetse no guhugura abakozi bashinzwe kubungabunga iki cyumweru.