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Harkort Shaft and Ulenberg Shaft

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Sprockhövel

Harkort Shaft and Ulenberg Shaft

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Harkort Shaft and Ulenberg Shaft

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

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1. Stone Tower at Külpmann Quarry – Summit of Külpmann Quarry loop from Hiddinghausen

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2. View of Hasslinghausen – Schacht Regina Path loop from Haßlinghausen

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3. Schee–Silschede Railway Path – Deutschlandweg Rail Trail loop from Nächstebreck

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

December 17, 2021

29. Harkort and Ulenberg shafts of the Germany colliery.
On the left side is the railway loading station of the Zeche Deutschland (long concrete wall.)
zechenwandern.de/home/touren-2/z15-deutschlandtour-sprockhoevel/#1455118260058-aaefaf11-44ff102a-1710

"... Friedrich Wilhelm Harkort (born February 22, 1793 in Westerbauer near Haspe; † March 6, 1880 in the Kirchhörder district of Hombruch), often referred to as the" father of the Ruhr area ", was a German entrepreneur and politician in the early days of the industrial revolution . ... "
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Harkort

"... The Germany colliery came into being from 1871 through the amalgamation of numerous small authorized persons. In 1902 it was consolidated with the United Stock and Scherenberg colliery, whose trades also held a large part of the colliery's shares, but kept their name. After the consolidation, the colliery operated essentially three pits: Ulenberg, Beust, Harkort and Hövel. The mining area extended over the entire western area of the Herzkämper Mulde from Silschede to Schee. The history of the Germany mine ended with the great colliery death in 1925. ... "
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeche_Deutschland

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January 23, 2022

The displays are very informative and you can sometimes still see the ruins or you can guess.

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Elevation 290 m

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

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Harkort Shaft and Ulenberg Shaft

1. Stone Tower at Külpmann Quarry – Summit of Külpmann Quarry loop from Hiddinghausen

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3. Schee–Silschede Railway Path – Deutschlandweg Rail Trail loop from Nächstebreck

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