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Raffelberg Hydropower Plant and Ruhr Lock

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Ruhr Region

Raffelberg Hydropower Plant and Ruhr Lock

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Raffelberg Hydropower Plant and Ruhr Lock

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

December 28, 2019

"The Raffelberg hydroelectric power station was built as a transverse structure in the canal area to supplement the existing lock system at the same location. The founding shareholders were the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr and the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Hütte. The purpose of the company was both port construction and the production of electricity. The planned barrage allowed an average head of 6.15 meters Long-term observation of the outflow of the Ruhr made it possible to install four machines with a total connected load of 5.2 MW.
They are mounted upright according to the Francis concept and were built by Siemens-Schuckert-Werke in 1922. This original technique is still in use today. The plant has been supplying electricity since 1926; on average, 23.5 million kWh are generated per year through the natural inflow of the Ruhr water. This makes it the largest run-of-river power plant on the Ruhr.
The building has been one of the city's architectural monuments since 1986 and is part of the Industrial Heritage Route."
www1.muelheim-ruhr.de/betriebe-der-stadt/wasserkraftwerk-raffelberg/6407

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"The Raffelberg Ruhr lock is a lock on the Ruhr shipping canal in Mülheim an der Ruhr in the Speldorf district. In the immediate vicinity of the Raffelberg hydroelectric power station and a good 600 meters from the Rhein-Ruhr port, it is the penultimate lock on the Ruhr. The water of the Ruhr is dammed at the Raffelberg weir.
The lock has a usable length of 135.00 meters and a usable width of 12.80 meters and is designed for class Va inland waterways for large Rhine ships. The descent structure enables access from the Rhine, the Duisburg-Ruhrort ports or the Rhine-Herne canal to the Rhine-Ruhr port and the Friedrich Wilhelms-Hütte. Like the Ruhr lock in Duisburg, the system is remote-controlled from the lock in Meiderich. With the weir and hydroelectric power station, it is the second-lowest barrage of the Ruhr, and if there is a large volume of water, the Rhine can rise over the first barrage in Duisburg to Raffelberg."
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhrschleuse_Raffelberg

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Ben Oer 🌲

March 6, 2021

Beautiful, classic industrial building. Suitable for the Ruhr area.

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Ben Oer 🌲

March 6, 2021

Old building. Classic architectural style. Blends in well with the landscape.

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Distance 153 m

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 0 m

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Raffelberg Hydropower Plant and Ruhr Lock

1. Styrum Ruhr Floodplain – Ruhr Promenade loop from Baakendorf

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3. Forest Path in the Ruhr Region – Owl trail in Eselsbruch loop from Styrum

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