Mill Street - Occoquan, Virginia. Chithunzi cha Rachel Cooper, chololedwa ku About.com, Inc.
Occoquan ndi tauni yakale yomwe inakhazikitsidwa mu 1804 pamtsinje wa Occoquan ku Northern Virginia. Mzindawu poyamba unakhazikitsidwa ndi anthu oyambirira omwe ankakhala ndi colonist omwe amadalira mtsinjewu kuti azitenga ndi malonda. Kwa zaka zoposa 175, tawuniyi inagwiritsidwa ntchito monga mafakitale ndi gill komanso malo osungiramo fodya. Lero, tawuniyi ndi malo osangalatsa kuti mufufuze ndikukhala ndi masitolo achikulire, malo odyera, ndi malo oyendetsa sitima.
Kufika ku Occoquan: Mzinda wamakedzana uli pafupi makilomita 22 kumwera kwa Washington DC ku Prince William County, Virginia, mtunda wa mailosi kuchokera ku I-95 kutuluka 160. Tsatirani zizindikiro kumpoto pa Gordon Blvd / Rte 123 ku Commerce Street.
Visitor Center, yomwe ili pa 200 Mill Street, ndi malo abwino kuyamba ulendo wanu mumzindawu. Amapereka uthenga wotsatsa alendo monga mapu, mabungwe okonda malo, alendo oyendayenda, ndi maulendo oyendetsa galimoto kuzungulira dera. Visitor Center imatsegulidwa tsiku ndi tsiku, 9 am - 5 pm
Sangalalani ndi zithunzi zotsatirazi ndipo phunzirani zomwe mungawone pamene mukuyenda ulendo woyenda mumzinda wakale wa Occoquan, VA.
Imani ndi Museum of Mill House kuti mudziwe mbiri ya Occoquan, Virginia kudzera mu zolemba, zithunzi, ndi zinthu zina. Yakhazikitsidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800 ndi Quaker Nathaniel Ellicott, Merchants Mill inali yoyamba yokhazikika ku United States. Mpheroyi inali yogwiritsidwa ntchito mpaka 1924, pamene moto wa jenereta mu Occoquan Electric Light ndi Power Company inawononga kapangidwe kake. Nyumba yaying'ono yomwe wogwira ntchito yamagayo sanawonongeke ndipo lero ikutsogoleredwa ndi Occoquan Historical Society kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito monga museum.
Occoquan Waterfront ili ndi dera laling'ono lomwe limatha kumbuyo kwa Mill Street mumzinda wa Occoquan. Madigan's Waterfront, malo odyera aakulu kwambiri mumzindawu, ali ndi malo apamwamba pamtsinje ndi malo okhala kunja.
Rockledge Mansion ndi malo otchuka kwambiri omwe amangidwa mu 1758 ku Occoquan, Virginia. Nyumbayi ili ndi masewera a mpira omwe amakhala ndi anthu 150 ndipo amapezeka pa zochitika zapadera. Nyumba yamakedzana ili ndi chithunzithunzi cha mbiri yakale ndi mitengo ya matabwa, patios ya njerwa, malo ogwirira ntchito, ndi antiques.
Adilesi: 440 Mill Street Occoquan, VA Foni: (703) 491-6335 Website: rockledgemansion.com
Mbiri ya Occoquan ili ndi masitolo osiyanasiyana kuphatikizapo zithunzi zamalonda, masitolo achikale, mabotolo ovala zovala, mabasiketi ndi zowonjezera. Malo ambiri ogulitsa ali pafupi ndi Mill Street.
Refuge ya Occoquan Bay National Wildlife, iri mhiri kwerwizi kubva ku Historic Occoquan, inopotera 644 acre ndi mitsinje yambiri, nkhalango, ndi madera omwe amapereka zamoyo zosiyanasiyana zosiyanasiyana.