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| West colliery in the city of Kamp-Lintfort. | The colliery's two main shafts. | A beautiful mine car at the entrance. | Hoerstgen shaft of West colliery. |
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Photos of West colliery's shafts in the city of Kamp-Lintfort ! |
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Special thanks for the photos go to Christian Lorkowski who was trainee at West colliery when he took the pictures. Please click on the photos' small versions in order to enlarge them and to get the corresponding background information. ATTENTION: The pictures' explanations can now be found UNDER the large versions. |
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| West colliery in the city of Kamp-Lintfort. | The colliery's two main shafts. | A beautiful mine car at the entrance. | Hoerstgen shaft of West colliery. |
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| Hoerstgen shaft in the winter. | The former Niederberg colliery. | There are no more winding ropes. | The two winding towers from much closer. |
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| The entrance to former Niederberg colliery. | In a residential area of the colliery. | One of Niederberg colliery's shafts. | And now the other shaft as contre-jour shot. |
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| Norddeutschland shaft of West colliery. | Another view of the shaft. | Norddeutschland shaft from far away. | A shaft of Rheinpreussen colliery. |
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| The head of Rheinpreussen's winding tower. | The winding tower as contre-jour shot. | Mine cars at shaft 4 of the colliery. | A safety shield at the shaft's former area. |
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| An artificially built winding tower. | Here you can see the tower's real size. | A view up to the tower's wheels for the ropes. | The winding ropes are no longer in use. |
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| Rossenray shaft of West colliery. | That is why the tower is called Rossenray cross. | A part of the tower is hidden behind trees. | Rossenray shaft from very close. |
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| Once again the remarkable winding tower. | Another shaft of West colliery. | Once again the same winding tower. | Shaft 2 of West colliery. |
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| A view up to the winding tower of shaft 2. | West colliery's processing plant. | Here you can see the colliery's flotation. | Shaft two and the colliery's track system. |
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| Once again the tower with the track system. | West colliery's large slagheap for the coal. | The coal production of different days is mixed here. | Long trains for the colliery's coal production. |
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| The large stores of West colliery. | A view down from the winding tower of shaft 1. | Rossenray shaft from far away. | A residential area with a slagheap in the background. |
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| A nice view down from the tower of shaft 1. | A part of West colliery's area. | A strange panel that can be found at the tower :-). | A large winding machine in the tower's head. |
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| The colliery's two winding machines. | The other side of the machines. | The engines of the winding machines. | The strong hub and the sliding contacts. |