Colliery Am Busch
| Colliery Am Busch | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
 Reconstructed Christine shaft of the Am Busch colliery |
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| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1768 | ||
| End of operation | 1815 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '36.8 " N , 7 ° 28' 44.7" E | ||
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| Location | Westfalenpark | ||
| local community | Dortmund | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Dortmund | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Am Busch colliery is a former hard coal mine in Dortmund .
The mine field of the colliery was on the site of today's Westfalenpark north of the Emscher . The first coal is said to have been found in this area as early as the 14th century, and coal graves have existed since the 15th century.
The mine was set up in 1768 by Baron Andreas von Hövel. In the northern slope of the Emscher Valley, a tunnel was first dug in the direction of the coal-bearing seams . Light holes were set up to ventilate the tunnels . The pit water was diverted towards the Emscher.
In 1811 work on shafts 2 and 3 began. The depth of the Christine shaft took place in 1812. The shaft initially had a depth of 29 meters and was later expanded to 40 meters. The Am Busch colliery was one of the first civil engineering mines in which the marl layer, however, only a few meters deep, was overcome. In 1815 the consolidation to the Friedrich Wilhelm colliery followed with further small collieries . In 1816 another shaft was sunk and equipped with a steam engine for dewatering .
Information boards and a replica of a pecker remind of the Am Busch colliery in the Westfalenpark .
literature
- Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old mines on the Ruhr. 4th edition, unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor to Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
- Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning to 2005 (= publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum 144). 3rd revised and expanded edition. Self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Huske: The coal mine in the Ruhr area. 3rd edition, self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9
- ↑ Joachim Huske: The coal mine in the Ruhr area. 3rd edition, self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9