Neumühl colliery
| Neumühl colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1899 | ||
| End of operation | 1962 | ||
| Successor use | Commercial space | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '31.1 " N , 6 ° 48' 47.8" E | ||
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| Location | Neumühl | ||
| local community | Duisburg | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Duisburg | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The bill Neumühl was a coal - mine in Duisburg .
history
1867 by the Union of German Emperor an extensive mine field possession in the area of today's Duisburg North muted . This field ownership was divided into several individual unions , each of which developed separately from one another. The eastern part traded under the name of the Neumühl coal mine union and was located in the Neumühl area between the Emscher and the Rhine-Herne Canal .
In 1890, the entire property of the union's Kuxen became the property of the Haniel family . This decided to develop the area and to bring down a mine. The sinking of the first shaft began in 1893 and was completed 1897th In 1897, shaft 2 was set up 80 m east of shaft 1 , which began mining in 1899 . At the same time, a coking plant was put into operation on shaft 1/2 .
As early as 1902, coal production exceeded the limit of 1 million t per year. In order to better open up the relatively small but productive mine field , shaft 3 was sunk at the western end of the field from 1904 to 1906. It first went into operation as a weather shaft and was later expanded into a production shaft.
As a result, the following secondary shafts were sunk:
- Flushing shaft 1 in the southern field area from 1908 to 1910. This was provided with a headframe in 1915 and expanded as a cable car shaft. This shaft was then run as shaft 5.
- Shaft 4 in the eastern field area from 1910 to 1912. It was provided with a brick winding tower in 1912 .
- Shaft 6 in the southeastern field area from 1913 to 1915. It was used exclusively for weather control.
In the 1920s, shaft 5 was permanently transferred to the Friedrich Thyssen 4/8 colliery to serve as a cable car shaft. In return, the Neumühl colliery received mining rights in the northwestern area of Neumühl. In 1925, coal production in shaft 3 was stopped. It also served as an external cable car and material shaft .
In the 1930s, the headframes in shafts 1 and 2 were successively renewed and adapted to the higher requirements. Production reached a new high in 1938 at 1.6 million tons per year.
In 1951, the Neumühl union was transformed into the Neumühl AG for mining and industry . Rheinpreußen AG had the majority of shares in this stock corporation .
Shutdown
After the onset of the coal crisis , the sales difficulties were initially to be overcome by operating one shift. Profitability issues and a new award for the closure of production capacities led to the closure of the Neumühl colliery in 1962. This was followed by the excavation of the pits and the demolition of the daytime facilities .
Today the Neumühl industrial park is located on the site of the Neumühl 1/2 colliery .
In the years that followed, 60% of the Neumühl 1/2 factory estate was demolished and replaced by a block of flats. It was not until 1971 that the remaining old buildings were preserved through a citizens' initiative.
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 3-7845-6994-3
- Contemporary witness exchange Duisburg: Duisburg mines in historical photographs , Sutton Verlag Erfurt, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95400-747-9