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Headframe of Erin Shaft 7

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Headframe of Erin Shaft 7

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    April 23, 2018

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    "The 68 meter high conveyor tower above shaft 7 of the Erin mine with its widely visible lettering is located close to the city center and characterizes the cityscape of …
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    September 24, 2021

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    On the site of the Erin 1/2/4/7 colliery, a technology and industrial park (Erin Park) has been created in some old outbuildings and on the open spaces of the former coking plant.
    The former weather and cableway shaft Erin 3 is one of the oldest still preserved towers of its kind. It is technologically significant and a testimony to the economic history of the city.
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    August 30, 2016

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    In 1867 she founded the Irishman William Thomas Mulvany and gave her the Celtic name "Green Island". In 1983, the mine ERIN, the last remaining coal mine in the city, was shut down. The ERIN strut conveyor, which was commissioned in 1954 via shaft 7, is today a symbol of the cityscape.
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