Mining photos of the RWTH Aachen !

Excursions of the University of Aachen - part 2 !

This is the second page containing photos of excursions of the Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Petroleum and Coal (please click here for the corresponding website). This department is a part of the University of Aachen (Germany).

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.


Underground the miners explained a lot.	The pink Baryt in the mine.	The students visited the slagheap, as well.	The hall of the former Lothringen colliery.


The former Lothringen 3 shaft.	LIDL colliery ;o). Lothringen 6 shaft.	Pipes for the methane next to the colliery.	The former shaft from far away.


The shaft and the former machines' house.	A roundabout traffic at Lothringen shaft.	The group at Lothringen 6 shaft.	A vivid structural change in the Ruhr area.


A power plant for the methane gas.	Where the methane comes from the shaft.	The inside of one of the power plants.	The two generators.


The inside of another power plant.	The students look at the modern technology.	The total view of a modern power plant.	Methane extraction in the city.


Here methane gas comes from underground.	Koenigsborn colliery in Unna, Germany.	Once again the remarkable tower.	The former pit bank at Koenigsborn.


The pit bank with the pipe for the methane gas.	The pit bank, seen from the side.	The former operator's view.	At the former operator's seat.


The engine at Koenigsborn colliery.	The students are taking a look at the machine.	A beautiful ancient machine.	The wheels for the ropes in the tower's head.