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Blankenstein Lock

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Hattingen

Blankenstein Lock

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Blankenstein Lock

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Please check local regulations for: Ruhraue Stiepel

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

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2. View of Blankenstein Castle – Stiepel Village Church loop from Brockhausen

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3. Path Along the Ruhr – Haus Kemnade Water Castle loop from Hattingen (Ruhr) Mitte

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Julia

December 12, 2016

"Although Bochum is not located in a water-poor area, it came in dry summers in the mid-19th century to" water alamies ", caused by the rapidly increasing population and the increasing civil engineering of the mines, which drained the groundwater The line had to be taken from the Ruhr via the watershed into the city, because only then could Bochum be adequately supplied with water, for which the city purchased a site on the Ruhr, where the groundwater from the gravel bed through clay pipes It was pumped into a collecting well and pumped 100 meters into a high tank in a pumping station of two steam engines, which lay on the edge of the Weitmarer wood, from where it got into the distribution network and the public water supply in Bochum could be started in 1871 managed by the gas station, resulting in the new name "Urban Gas and Wasserwe strength ".

At the turn of the century, water production exceeded ten million cubic meters for the first time, with a supply area of around 200,000 at the time. In 1904, the city concluded a contract with the Bochum Waterworks, which had just been commissioned, in which the supply areas of the two companies were defined. The municipal water production plants have now been continuously expanded. The construction of a new pumping station next to the Ruhrschleuse Blankenstein also served this purpose. This Stiepel turbine pump and hydroelectric power station went into operation in 1910 and was in operation after extensive modernization in 1996 until 24 November 2015. The drinking water was won over several rows of fountains with 74 wells, both groundwater and bank filtrate were promoted - last year, 14 million cubic meters of water.

In the future, the operating site in Stiepel will be operated as a pure hydroelectric power station. For this purpose, the four turbines previously responsible for the drinking water will be dismantled in the building, and two more turbines required for power generation will be expanded more efficiently from autumn 2016 onwards. So far, they have produced up to 800 megawatt hours of electricity, in the future it will be 3500. It can supply 1,000 households a year. "Source: route-industriekultur.ruhr

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Fcl

March 23, 2020

Technology that excites. And it haunts an old time here and now. Great. Still fully functional and in operation.

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Pruemmel

September 3, 2017

Scenic a feast for the eyes !! Small Old Lock (Worth seeing)

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

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1. Ruhr Meadows – Haus Kemnade Water Castle loop from Kämpen

2. View of Blankenstein Castle – Stiepel Village Church loop from Brockhausen

3. Path Along the Ruhr – Haus Kemnade Water Castle loop from Hattingen (Ruhr) Mitte

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