Rhine Prussia mine 4
Rhine Prussia mine 4 | |||
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General information about the mine | |||
Mine 1959 |
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Information about the mining company | |||
Start of operation | 1904 | ||
End of operation | 1964 | ||
Successor use | Industrial monument | ||
Funded raw materials | |||
Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
Geographical location | |||
Coordinates | 51 ° 27 '17 " N , 6 ° 39' 49" E | ||
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Location | Scherpenberg | ||
local community | Moers | ||
District ( NUTS3 ) | Wesel | ||
country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
Country | Germany | ||
District | Ruhr area |
The Rheinpreußen 4 mine is a former mine in Moers .
history
The Rheinpreußen 4 mine was sunk between 1900 and 1904 as a connection system to the Rheinpreußen colliery in Moers, east of the Römerstrasse in Hochstraß . It was designed from the outset as an independent conveyor system and was therefore equipped with a double-headed conveyor frame for conveying and rope travel . A coking plant was also set up on the plant .
Together with the neighboring Rheinpreußen 5 plant, the mechanical expansion of the mining operations was carried out from the start of operations. In 1905 the first vibrating slide was used . Mine 4 developed economically and was soon able to produce almost 1 million tons of coal annually. Shafts 1/2 and 3 of the Rheinpreußen colliery in Homberg , which were shut down in 1914 and 1925 , were connected to the system and henceforth continued as outdoor facilities.
After the Second World War , the mining trade union Rheinpreußen was converted into a stock corporation. Comprehensive measures were taken to consolidate the funding. These were carried out step by step. In 1954, part of the southern field was leased to the Diergardt colliery because of the anthracite deposits there . Furthermore, the no longer required shaft 2 was thrown off and filled. In 1954, the coking plant was shut down in favor of a new central coking plant on the Pattberg mine . From 1958 onwards, in the course of rationalization, mining was gradually relocated from the southern areas to the central pit field . This led to the backfilling of the no longer required shaft 1 in 1960.
After the completion of the new central conveyor shaft 9 on the Rheinpreußen 5/9 mine in 1962, the cessation of production on Rheinpreußen 4 was initiated. This was carried out in 1964. Shaft 3 was backfilled, shaft 4 was assigned as a weather and drainage shaft for the Rheinpreußen 5/9 mine. After the final backfilling of shaft 4 in 1990, the colliery site was redeveloped and the headframe restored and restored to its old condition.
It has been preserved as an industrial monument and is part of the Route of Industrial Culture .
literature
- Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old mines on the Ruhr. 6th expanded and updated edition, Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 2006, ISBN 3784569943 .
Web links
- The Rhine Prussia colliery - then and now
- Description of this sight on the route of industrial culture