How Dozens of Classic Cars Ended Up Stacked Like Firewood in a Utah Canyon ብዓሰርተታት ዚቝጸራ ክላሲካዊ ማካይን ኣብ ካንዮን ዩታ ኸም ዕንጨይቲ ኸም እተዀመረ ንምንታይ?ኣብ ታሕቲ ኣምብቡ
Just off Highway 89 hides one of the most surreal automotive ruins you’ll see—and the old cars are still there for a good reason.
Right off Highway 89 in Utah near mile marker 25, just above the border with Arizona and about 80 miles east of Zion National Park, lies an oddity: the ruins of Detroit metal in various hues, piled from the canyon floor up to the road itself. These scrapped cars have been here for around six decades, but today they look completely out of place in the desert. There’s a good reason for their existence—or, at least, there was.
This area is known as Catstair Canyon, and the junked car wall, the Catstair Riprap. “Riprap,” for those of us not well versed in waterway studies, is any sort of material deposited along banks to protect the adjoining land from erosion. You can do this with rocks or concrete, of course, but in the middle of the 20th century, some experts favored using junked car bodies filled with gravel and tied to a slope.
Strange as it may seem now to see a stack of ruined Bel Airs, Contintentals, and Corvairs tall enough to climb (though we’d recommend exercising caution, as the explorer in the video below does) this practice was actually somewhat common at the time
ኣብ ጥቓ እቲ ኣብ ዩታ ዚርከብ ጐደና 89 ኣብ ጥቓ ማይል ማርከር 25 ኣብ ልዕሊ ዶብ ኣሪዞና ከምኡውን ካብ ሃገራዊ መናፈሻ ጽዮን ብሸነኽ ምብራቕ 80 ኪሎ ሜተር ርሒቑ ዚርከብ ፍርስራስ ዲትሮይት ካብ ባይታ ካንዮን ክሳዕ እቲ መገዲ ተዀሚሩ ኣሎ። እዘን እተበላሸዋ ማካይን ንኣስታት 60 ዓመታት ኣብዚ ጸኒሐን እየን ሎሚ ግን ኣብ ምድረ በዳ ምሉእ ብምሉእ ዘይቦታአን እየን ዚመስላ። ንህላወኦም ብቑዕ ምኽንያት ኣሎ—ወይ እንተ ወሓደ ነይሩ እዩ።
እዚ ኸባቢ እዚ ካስተር ካንዮን ተባሂሉ ይፍለጥ እቲ ጐሓፍ ዝመልኦ መንደቕ ማኪና ድማ ካትስታይር ሪፍራፕ ተባሂሉ ይፍለጥ። “ሪፕራፕ” ነቶም ብዛዕባ መጽናዕትታት ማይ ኣጸቢቕና ዘይንፈልጥ ሰባት ነቲ ኣብ ጥቓና ዘሎ መሬት ካብ ምጕርምራም ንምዕቋብ ኣብ ገማግም እተቐመጠ ዝዀነ ይኹን ነገር እዩ። ነዚ ብኣኻውሕ ወይ ብስሚንቶ ጌርካ ኽትገብሮ ትኽእል ኢኻ ኣብ መፋርቕ መበል 20 ዘመን ግን ገሊኦም ክኢላታት ብጸጸር ዝመልአ ኣብ ዓቐበት እተኣስረ ጐሓፍ ዝመልአ ኣካላት ማኪና ኺጥቀሙ ይደልዩ ነበሩ።
ሕጂ እተበላሸወ ቤል ኤርስ ኮንቲንቴንታል ከምኡውን ኮርቫየር ኪድይብ ዚኽእል ቍመቱ ምርኣይ ዜገርም እኳ እንተ መሰለ (ከምቲ ኣብ ታሕቲ ዘሎ ቪድዮ ዘሎ ዳህሳሲ ዚገብሮ ግን ጥንቃቐ ኽንገብር ንመኽረና) እዚ ልምዲ እዚ ኣብቲ ግዜ እቲ ልሙድ እዩ ነይሩ
