Impressions from the Ruhr area !


On this page you can find some impressions from the Ruhr area (Germany). Your photos from that region can be added here, as well. You just have to send them via e-mail to mail@pro-bergbau.de. Thank you very much in advance !

My special thanks for the pictures go to Oliver Thol. He is running a mining related and Ruhr area related website that can be found on the web at http://www.abenteuer-ruhrpott.de.vu.

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In the dressing rooms of Prosper II colliery.

Here the miners hang up their clothes.

Lots of padlocks...

...and even more padlocks.

       
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A bridge for the railway at a canal. The bridge from another point of view. A nice contre-jour shot. The Duisburg-Meiderich Ost railway station.
       
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Three brigdes for the railway in one photo. Now a goods train is approaching. Now the train has passed the station, yet. A view into the station.