Photos of Ost colliery, Franz shaft !

Foto tour at Franz shaft !

On October 23^rd in 2002 I had the opportunity to take photos at Franz shaft in Hamm-Herringen (Germany).

I did not comment on the pictures too much - just take a look at them and enjoy them. They can be seen just in the sequence I took them - beginning and ending in the machine's house.

I hope to have caught the mood correctly with these photos - around the pit bank everything was left as it was during the last working day at this shaft. You always expected the miners' voices to return. Pitily one thing has to be added: On December 19th in 2003 - a Friday - the tower and the entire building around the pit bank has been blown up. By that Hamm's suburb Herringen lost an important landmark and Franz shaft's area is getting closer to being used for another purpose.

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.


In company I was allowed lol.	Heinrich Robert colliery far away.	Franz shaft seen from the gate.	Ropes in front of a blue sky.


The driving wheel with the engine.	The driving wheel.	The engine's data.	Impressions from the engine.


The mighty engine.	The driving wheel again.	Heavy brake shoes.	The machine operator's view.


Concentration at work.	The southern hoisting machine.	The brake cylinders.	The signal board.


The driving wheel.	This hub carries the whole weight.	This is the rope for hoisting.	Cables.


The other side of the hub.	Looking down on the machine.	A different point of view.	The third point of view from above.


The northern hoisting engine.	A large driving wheel.	Ropes in the sunshine.	A waggon filled with timber.


Please protect your ears !	Franz shaft in the October sun.	The tower from a bit closer.	The tower once again.