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The grand Old Ladies of the coalmines....
The unloading floor at the top of the shaft...
After the mining of the raw coal underground it was loaded in underground train wagons which were transported by trains to the shaft below.
The powerful elevator machine hoisted the wheight of 50 tons from the bottom of the mine to the unloading floor at a speed of 75 km per hour.
On the unloading floor, the wagons were turned over and the raw coal was transported by conveyer belts to the coal washing plant for futher processing.
After emptying the train wagons they were automaticly driven back into the shaft by rail at the other side.
In this way, 50 tons of raw coal was brought to the surface every two minutes.
In the middle behind the steel bumpers is the open shaft mouth with a depth of 750 meters.
It is easy to see that the shaft towers were gigantic steel collosi, and in the space surrounding it was a hellish noise of throbbing iron and heavy clouds of coal dust.
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The grand Old Ladies of the coalmines....
The unloading floor at the top of the shaft...
After the mining of the raw coal underground it was loaded in underground train wagons which were transported by trains to the shaft below.
The powerful elevator machine hoisted the wheight of 50 tons from the bottom of the mine to the unloading floor at a speed of 75 km per hour.
On the unloading floor, the wagons were turned over and the raw coal was transported by conveyer belts to the coal washing plant for futher processing.
After emptying the train wagons they were automaticly driven back into the shaft by rail at the other side.
In this way, 50 tons of raw coal was brought to the surface every two minutes.
In the middle behind the steel bumpers is the open shaft mouth with a depth of 750 meters.
It is easy to see that the shaft towers were gigantic steel collosi, and in the space surrounding it was a hellish noise of throbbing iron and heavy clouds of coal dust.
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