Maasbank colliery
| Maasbank colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Masbank colliery Maaßbank colliery Maas colliery Maasbeck colliery |
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| Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
| Funding / year | Max. around 2400 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1760 | ||
| End of operation | 1854 | ||
| Successor use | Pörtingsiepen colliery | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 23 '59.5 " N , 7 ° 2' 14" E | ||
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| Location | Will-fish sheets | ||
| local community | eat | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Maasbank colliery is a former coal mine in Essen-Werden- Fischlaken. The colliery was also known under the names Zeche Masbank , Zeche Maaßbank , Zeche Maas and Zeche Maasbeck .
Mining history
In 1751 the Abbot of Werden granted the concession to build a deeper tunnel . In subsequent years, the tunnel was before 1760 created . In 1777 the mine was given the name Zeche Maas . The loan was made for the mining in the Geitling seam. In 1803 the mine was demonstrably in operation, the extracted coal was transported to a coal storage facility on the Ruhr. The following year, Tray 1 and Tray 2 in were promoting . In 1805 the mine was closed in time limits . In 1834 a joint venture was formed with the Nierbank colliery , which was called Maas & Nierbank colliery . The joint operation served the common solution of the two mine fields . For this purpose, a 162 Lachter long tunnel was first cleaned from February 1834 and then the tunnel was further excavated. The tunnel mouth hole was located on Niemandsweg, 900 meters northwest of today's Scheppen House. In the same year a towing shaft with a length of tonnes was sunk . The tunnel continued to be excavated until April 1837.
As of May 1837, the joint venture was dissolved and from this point in time the Maasbank colliery was again independent. This year test work was carried out in our own mine field. In 1838 the mine field was further aligned . In the following year, the excavation of a tunnel crosscut was completed. From the third quarter of the same year coal was mined again. In 1853 which included Berechtsame a length field . From the fourth quarter of the following year, the mine was taken out of service. In 1881 the Pörtingsiepen colliery was closed. The old mine workings of the Maas & Nierbank joint venture were dammed up in 1932 when the Baldeneysee was built .
Promotion and workforce
The first funding figures are from 1802, there were 69 per day Ringel coal mined. In 1839, Prussian tons of hard coal were mined in 1813 . In 1841, 22,996½ tons of coal from Prussia were mined. The maximum production of the mine was achieved in 1843, 220,881 bushels of hard coal were produced. In 1845 the production sank to 129,790 bushels of hard coal. The last known production figures of the mine come from the year 1847, 113,875 bushels of hard coal were produced.
Current condition
Today the Maasstrasse in Essen still reminds of the former mine. The street is located in Essen in the immediate vicinity of the former Maasbank colliery. Furthermore, there are still two mouth holes that probably belonged to the Nierbänker tunnel. The two tunnel mouth holes are located west of Haus Scheppen, at the western end of a campsite on the south side of Lake Baldeney. There are also several collapse penguins above the two tunnel mouth holes.
literature
- 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
- ^ The early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Maasbank (accessed on September 27, 2012)
- ^ The early mining on the Ruhr: mouth holes of the Nierbänker tunnel (accessed on September 27, 2012)
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on September 27, 2012)
- Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on September 27, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: map of the area (accessed on September 27, 2012)