Smoke gas fireplace (Ramsbeck)
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The smoke gas fireplace is a technical monument on the Bastenberg near Ramsbeck . It is a chimney (chimney) from the historic Ramsbeck lead works high above the village .
history
In 1835 the Ramsbeck trade union built a new lead smelter. In 1854 this hut was expanded and connected to a newly built smoke gas fireplace on the Bastenberg. The chimney was used until the ironworks ceased in 1907. A similar chimney that was built at the same time in Ostwig was Monument of the Month in Westphalia-Lippe in May 2011 .
function
The poisonous exhaust gases from the Ramsbeck lead smelter wound their way up the Bastenberg through a partly two-lined, double smoke duct, in order to then reach the earth's atmosphere through the smoke chimney. The white lead precipitated in the fox was collected and used as a basic substance for the manufacture of paint.
description
The approx. 20 m high, gradually tapering after approx. 10 m height, the flue gas chimney with a square cross-section consists of yellow-brown slate material. The associated flue gas duct is still partially preserved.
In the summer the chimney is marked by a flag that is visible from afar in Valmetal, and in the Christmas season by an illuminated Advent star. The smoke gas chimney is on the newly created mining hiking trail ; an explanatory notice board is attached.
literature
- Rainer Slotta : Unified Bastenberg and Dörnberg mine 5783 Ramsbeck (about Bestwig) in: Special print from Technical Monuments in the Federal Republic of Germany , German Mining Museum Bochum, Ramsbeck 1983, pp. 450–451.
Web links
- Smoke gas fireplace on the Bastenberg
- Station 7 (desk) on the mining hiking trail: Chimney of the former lead and metal smelter with smoke duct
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 11.1 ″ N , 8 ° 23 ′ 57.4 ″ E