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The Grand Old Ladies of the coalmines....
The arrangements of the open cast buildings.
On the left you can see the two colossal 60-meters-high shaft towers and in front of these the two buildings in which the enormous elevator machines were placed.
The first shaft tower is the so-called "peripheral shaft" with which, in addition to the transport of the mined coal and materials, the poluted used air and the mining gas were removed to the outside air.
The rear tower is the so-called "retracking shaft" with which in addition to the mined coal, also the transport of miners and fresh air took place.
Underground a system of airlocks ensured that the airflow from the peripheral- en retracking shafts were kept separate.
The unloading floor is located between the legs of the rear shaft tower. After the unloading of the undergound train lorries the coal was transportated to the coal washing plant at the right side, where the coal became separated from stones.
In the middle is the building of the power plant located.
On the fair right side are the huge concrete coal bunkers from which the coal wagons were filled on the underlying train track.
The Grand Old Ladies of the coalmines....
The arrangements of the open cast buildings.
On the left you can see the two colossal 60-meters-high shaft towers and in front of these the two buildings in which the enormous elevator machines were placed.
The first shaft tower is the so-called "peripheral shaft" with which, in addition to the transport of the mined coal and materials, the poluted used air and the mining gas were removed to the outside air.
The rear tower is the so-called "retracking shaft" with which in addition to the mined coal, also the transport of miners and fresh air took place.
Underground a system of airlocks ensured that the airflow from the peripheral- en retracking shafts were kept separate.
The unloading floor is located between the legs of the rear shaft tower. After the unloading of the undergound train lorries the coal was transportated to the coal washing plant at the right side, where the coal became separated from stones.
In the middle is the building of the power plant located.
On the fair right side are the huge concrete coal bunkers from which the coal wagons were filled on the underlying train track.