Shaft 7

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Shaft 7 shaft tower
Shaft 7 during the demolition work

The shaft 7 was a pit of the former coal mine Westfalen in Ahlen . It was the only facility of the Westphalia mine in what is now the city of Hamm , in the Hamm-Heessen district , on the Enniger Berg northeast of the town.

history

The pit began to sink in 1976. In August 1979, the sinking work was finished at a depth of 1,330 meters. The surface facilities were built according to plans by the architect Fritz Eller . Since the shaft system was built in a landscape protection area, it was specified that the buildings should fit into the landscape in terms of their dimensions and design. The shaft tower was only 26 meters high.

Shaft 7 was put into operation in 1981 as a weather shaft for the mine. From 1983 the shaft was also used for material and rope transport .

In 1991 RAG announced the closure of the Westphalia mine for 1999, although the mine was not fully owned until July 1, 1993.

On June 30, 2000, coal mining at the "Westfalen" colliery was stopped and in 2001 shaft 7 was filled.

Since then, there has been no possibility of re-use for the relatively young buildings in shaft 7. The demolition of the facility began in June 2010. The headframe above the former shaft was blown up on January 29, 2011 at around 11:15 a.m. However, the buildings are only demolished at ground level, their foundations remain in the ground. A period of 12 months is estimated for this work. The site will then be covered with soil two meters high. This should take another 24 months. The area prepared in this way is to be reforested into a new forest area . There is no need for further use of the somewhat remote wasteland.

literature

  • Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr (series: The blue books ). Verlag Langewiesche Nachhaben, Königstein im Taunus, 6th, expanded and updated edition. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7845-6994-9 , pp. 131, 133 and 135.
  • Glückauf Foundation: Zeche Westfalen - A Century of Coal Mining in Ahlen , Klartext Verlag, Essen 2000, ISBN 3-88474-891-2 .

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr . Verlag Langewiesche Nachhaben, Königstein im Taunus, 6th edition 2008, p. 133.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr . Verlag Langewiesche Nachhaben, Königstein im Taunus, 6th edition 2008, p. 135.
  3. ^ Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr . Verlag Langewiesche Nachhaben, Königstein im Taunus, 6th edition 2008, p. 131.

Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '1.4 "  N , 7 ° 51' 18.2"  E