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Bestwig - Erzbergwerk Ramsbeck Luftverdichter 1908

The mine Ramsbeck is an ore mining museum and a visitor's mine in Sauerland (Ramsbeck, municipality of Bestwig).

In the visitor's mine one can find out about the dismantling of lead and zinc in the original tunnel.

With the original pit road the visitors 1.5 km are driven in the mountain.

Then 300 m in underground tell experienced miners in old tunnel about her former work.

 

The photo shows a single stage compressor with electro engine, build in 1908 by Mannesmann Demag company in Frankfurt am Main.

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Uploaded on April 8, 2011
Taken on April 6, 2011