Photos of Ost colliery, Franz shaft !

Foto tour at Franz shaft !

On October 23^rd in 2002 I had the opportunity to take these photos at Franz shaft in Hamm-Herringen (Germany).

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A reflection in a puddle.	Rails.	Some more rails.	The shaft in front of a blue sky.


Old rails for mine cars.	Parts of tipper lorries.	The Franz shaft !	The true sentence a sprayer left.


Entrance to the shaft area.	An additional pit cage as reserve	A cellar door.	Trees are growing on the rails.


A motor used to move the mine cars.	The pit bank as a close-up.	And this time a total view.	I am standing at the pit bank.


Operating the shaft gates etc..	A close-up of the operating place.	A board with switches.	The backside of the pit bank.


A view up towards the shaft tower.	A total view of the pit bank's backside.	Patterns in the glass.	On the pit bank's first floor.


A rope in the shaft.	The right part of the large hall around the shaft.	The middle part of the hall.	This is the miners' former way to the shaft.


Crowd barriers and a stand of the shaft tower.	The rails are finishing in the nowhere.	The shaft tower seen through the broken roof.	One of the tower's strong stands.