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| One of the hoisting ropes in the tower. | A very special winding machine in Austria. | A rare hoisting system was used here. | The wheel seen from above. |
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Special thanks for the photos to Richard Binder, who has sent the pictures to me and who gave me the necessary advice. 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. |
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| One of the hoisting ropes in the tower. | A very special winding machine in Austria. | A rare hoisting system was used here. | The wheel seen from above. |
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| The wheel and the corresponding engine. | Rails close to the colliery's shafts. | This gate offers access to one of the shafts. | Behind these gates there is the deep shaft. |
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| Where the mine cars are emptied. | The machine for emptying mine cars. | Coal seen with a microscope. | Another photo taken with a microscope. |
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| This photo seems to show the universe. | The Austrian miners were demonstrating. | Another photo of the protest actions. | There is fire in the colliery's stores. |
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| Another photo of the fire in the stores. | An underground roadway in Austria. | Water is pouring into the roadway. | The coal's way to the bunker. |
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| The beginning of a conveyor in a roadway. | A lot of waste material in the roadway. | Two of the main conveyors are meeting here. | This is a nice photo of two miners at work. |
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| For emergency: The underground toilet. | A group of visitors in the mining area. | On the way back to the shaft. | Concrete is used for building roadways. |
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| Rails can be curved with this machine. | Lots of rocks have fallen down here. | A miner has to crawl along here. | After that the roadway has collapsed. |
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| A dam divides two parts of the roadway. | Modern trains have been used in Austria. | Sometimes sparks cannot be avoided. | Two really large generators. |
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| One of the generators from much closer. | Where the water is collected. | A lot of water is in the colliery, yet. | The colliery's fire brigade. |
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| The fire brigade of the Austrian SaKoG colliery. | The transportation of an injured miner. | There is danger for life and health behind the gate. | A shearer in a mining area. |
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| Working with a pickaxe in a very low roadway. | Wood in the ceiling of a roadway. | This machine empties mine cars. | Patterns in the coal face made by the shearer. |