An onset in a colliery in the Salzach region in Austria !

 

Another onset !


This is obviously another onset - different to the one in the previous picture. On the right side of the onset the pit cage can be seen very clearly and additionally in earlier times it does not seem to have been usual to mount gates or metal grilles in front of the onset in order to prevent miners and material from falling down the shaft. On the right next to the onset the roadway continues and leads into the other direction. This way is used if materials etc. have to be transported into the other direction without passing the onset or without using the shaft.

© Richard Binder