United Wittwe & Barop colliery
| United Wittwe & Barop colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / year | approx. 124,000 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | about 700 | ||
| Start of operation | 1750 | ||
| End of operation | 1877 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '10.4 " N , 7 ° 26' 0.7" E | ||
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| Location | Barop | ||
| local community | Dortmund | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Dortmund | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The colliery widow & Barop was in Barop , a district of about Dortmund associated borough Hombruch .
history
The colliery started as a tunnel operation on the Hombrucher Bach in 1750 and mined at this location until 1831, i.e. for over 80 years. In 1836 the young widow pit , in 1846/47 the widow 1 and widow 2 pit, and the Barop IV pit in 1857 .
In between, the transition to civil engineering took place in 1855 : the Wittwe shaft was sunk. In 1859 the company was named Ver. Wittwe & Barop consolidated so that they could be exploited from this one shaft. In 1861 coal was mined from the Wittwe shaft for the first time. In 1864, a total of 46,000 tons of coal was extracted with 247 employees, and 82,000 tons in 1870 with 370 employees.
On June 17, 1872 was a severe blow Weather - Explosion with six fatalities .
After the mine was sold to the neighboring mine, the United Louise Civil Engineering mine in 1873, a total of 124,000 t of coal was mined in the following year with 704 employees. But coal production was stopped as early as 1877, presumably the supplies were exhausted. The Wittwe mine remained in operation for the time being as an outdoor installation for Louise Tiefbau , presumably as an entry shaft for the miners. In 1885 it was finally abandoned and backfilled.
Witnesses in kind
In the street "An der Witwe" (named after the colliery) in the north of Barop, one of the colliery buildings, which has been converted into a residential building, has been preserved to this day.
literature
- Hermann: The old mines on the Ruhr . 4th edition 1994, p. 173.
Individual evidence
- ^ Westfälisch-Rheinisches: Barop, June 18. In: Dortmunder Anzeiger. June 20, 1872, Retrieved June 17, 2020 .