Hoesch gasometer

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Hoesch gasometer
Hoesch gasometer
The Hoesch gasometer on Phoenix-West
Location data
State : Germany
Region : North Rhine-Westphalia
City : Dortmund
Technical specifications
Type: Low pressure gas tank
Construction: Disk gas container
Height : 76.5 m
Diameter : 49 m
Usable volume : 120,000 m³
Others

Part of the route of industrial culture and since March 2012 in the monument list of the city of Dortmund

The Hoesch gasometer is a former low-pressure gas tank from Hoesch AG in Dortmund .

View of the gasometer over the Westfalenpark

The landmark in Dortmund's Hörde district, which can be seen from afar, was part of the Phoenix-West industrial plant and was used to store coking and blast furnace gas . The blast furnace gas from the Phoenix-West blast furnace, which was produced in varying amounts, was captured and stored in it. Until 1964 it was also used to store the gas from the coking plant on the site. After this coking plant was shut down, pipelines to the Hansa coking plant in the Huckarde district were laid along the Emscher . From 1966 on, the gasometer was also used to store the coke oven gas produced by Hansa.

The 76.5 meter high gasometer has a diameter of 49 meters and a capacity of 120,000 m³. As is usual with low-pressure gas containers, a ceiling pane floats at different heights on the contents of the container, depending on the filling quantity.

After the final shutdown of the blast furnace facilities, the industrial area was demolished. The gasometer has been preserved and has been on the list of monuments of the city of Dortmund since March 2002, along with the other systems of the former Phoenix-West plant . The Hoesch Gasometer is part of the Route of Industrial Culture .

Web links

Commons : Gasometer Phoenix-West  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 4.9 ″  N , 7 ° 29 ′ 7.4 ″  E