Germany Zeche N1/2 - Mar, 2021.

[ForgottenBuildings]

History:
The history of this coal mine started all the way back in the beginning of the 1900s. At the time the West-Germany truly started to industrialize. What powered this rapid industry was for the majority coal. This caused the creation of many new coal mines. During the years the mine grew gradually from a small scale mine into a truly massive operation. In the 60s the mine contained its own coal processing plant and its own power plant. In the 80s the deep coal mining industry started to decrease in the this area, in the end of the century the mine had to close its doors. After the closure the majority of the mine was demolished, Except for the shafts, the hoisting buildings and the machine house.

The mine in the 1960s

The remains of the coal mine


We first went into the main machine house:

The main hall

The air compressors

The main control room

The switch house

Inside the hoisting house of shaft 1:

The AEG hoisting engine

The control booth

Secondary shaft engine

There's also a full video report about this place:

Thanks for reading!

 

[The_Raw]

That's really cool except for the shitty graffiti. Annoys the fuck out of me seeing places like this tagged. Glad they spared the control room I guess. Wankers!

 

[Dubbed Navigator]

Cracking report that. Love a good coal mine and I'm glad it's at least being partially preserved.

Did you manage to get to the top of the pit wheel?

 

[ForgottenBuildings]

Cracking report that. Love a good coal mine and I'm glad it's at least being partially preserved.

Did you manage to get to the top of the pit wheel?

Nope, the head frames were used for geo thermal power generation so we didn't try them.

 

[Dubbed Navigator]

At least they are being used for something worthwhile, nice.

 

[jane doe]

Great report and really enjoyed your photos 😀