Opening ceremony for the Lippe ferry called Baldur in Dorsten !

On these pages you can find different photos of the opening ceremony for the ferry called Baldur that is used for crossing the river of Lippe in Dorsten in the Ruhr area (Germany). The chairman of the board of directors of the German Hard Coal Mining Company (DSK), Bernd Toenjes, several representatives of the city of Dorsten (Germany) and the local media have joined for the opening ceremony. The ferry's name - Baldur - results from the former Baldur colliery. The miners that were employed with this colliery several years ago used the predecessor of the ferry in order to cross the river of Lippe and to get to their places of work.

The ferry was built by trainees of Auguste Victoria/Blumenthal and Lippe colliery and it has to be moved across the river in the same way the miners had to move their ferry when they wanted to get to work: The ferry is fixed at two ropes on each of it's sides and the passengers have to move it by turning a wheel that is mounted on the ferry and that is connected to a chain the ferry moves along.

Special thanks for these photos to Heinz Großmann who is presenting even more pictures about the Ruhr area, mining etc. on his website http://www.suderwich.net.

Please click on the photos' small versions in order to enlarge them and to get the corresponding background information. ATTENTION: The pictures' explanations can now be found UNDER the large versions.

The river of Lippe near Dorsten in Germany.

An explanation panel for the Baldur ferry.

The ferry from another point of view.