In 1822 the first quarrying contract was signed for a quarry in northern Unkelbach, the Dungkopf. A horse-drawn railway was built from the quarry to the Rhine from 1881.[11] 1907 …

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In 2002 the quarry was still in operation

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Plateau of the former mining operation with the remains of a tower

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