Hohenstein hydropower plant

Hohenstein hydropower plant
Location between the Ruhr viaduct and the steep slope of the Hohenstein
location
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '30 "  N , 7 ° 20' 58"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '30 "  N , 7 ° 20' 58"  E
country	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia
place	Witten
Waters	Dysentery
power plant
owner	RWE
operator	RWE
construction time	1922-1925
Listed since	1986
technology
Bottleneck performance	1.75 megawatts
Standard work capacity	9.073 million kWh / year
Turbines	3 Francis turbines
Others

The Hohenstein hydropower plant is one of two run-of-river power plants in Witten on (or in) the Ruhr .

The building owner of the power plant, which was built on a Ruhr island between 1922 and 1925, was the Bredt shovel factory, located a little further down the river . The architecture of the power plant buildings in expressionist forms was designed by the Essen architect Edmund Körner . In 1928 VEW , now RWE , acquired the plant. The three original Francis turbines of the power plant generated a total of 1.75 megawatts . They were replaced by a modern generator in 1996 after damage.

The power station has been listed as a monument in the list of architectural monuments in the city of Witten since 1986 . It is also a location on the Industrial Heritage Route , but cannot be visited regularly.

The power plant is located below the Hohenstein ridge from which it is named .

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  Overview with the overflow of the barrage

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  Outlet

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  from above

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  Fish ladder

location

• Address: Hohenstein power station, Wetterstrasse 30b, Witten

Web links

Commons : Wasserkraftwerk Hohenstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description of all locations on this themed route as part of the Route of Industrial Culture

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Our hydropower plants on the lower Ruhr. (No longer available online.) RWE, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 23, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.