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This time on 08.05.2003 my way led me to Radbod
colliery in Bockum-Hoevel (Germany), one of Hamm's suburbs. This colliery
consists of three shaft towers (over the shafts 1, 2 and 5) in a row - which is
quite unique in the whole Ruhr area. Two of these shafts have been filled up yet,
the third - shaft 5 - is still in use for hoisting and opens the way to a
roadway
of six kilometers to Radbod 6 shaft. This roadway is used to reach the coal field
called Donar. The 100 million tons of high quality coking coal hopefully
represent the Ost colliery's long future. Radbod colliery rose to a sad fame on
November 12th in 1909 when 349 miners lost their lifes during a firedamp explosion.
The machine that can be seen in the photos is
something very special: In earlier times it was driven by steam and stands
unchanged until today - only the steam has been replaced by compressed air.
Additionally there are some photos showing the machine at shaft 1, that is from
1907 - pitily thieves have stolen different parts from this machine, yet. This
time I will not comment on the the pictures too much and they will be shown in
the sequence they have been taken in.
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
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