Radbod colliery !


The Radbod colliery in Hamm-Bockum-Hoevel (Germany), the photos are taken on May, 8th in 2003.

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Lockers. Rooms. The old machine's flywheel. The driving wheel without a rope.
       
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Plugs. The backside of the old machine from 1907. An empty room. The old machine's house.
       
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Shaft 2, the tower in the middle. Radbod colliery, shaft 5. The former pit bank of shaft 2. The tower of shaft 2.
       
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The former colliery's street and a tower. The tower of Radbod 5 shaft. The pit bank of shaft 5 from far away. Protego cap - click the pic for explanation.
       
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The pit fan brings fresh air underground. Another view of shaft 5. The pit bank from much closer now. A cover on the shaft leads the air.
       
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Me at the pit bank. Radbod colliery, shaft 5. The German Mail has settled at Radbod. Two of three Radbod towers.
       
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Three shaft towers in a row - unique.

From another point of view.

And another one.

The shaft towers from behind.

       
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Radbod shaft 5 with machine's house. The boilers. Driving wheel. The rope.