Consolidation Shaft 4 Headframe, Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck

"Timeline:
• 1893 Beginning of the Devil as Schacht 4 (Fritz) of the Consolidation colliery.
• 1896 start of funding.
• 1943 The delivery in the shaft is stopped, the shaft only serves as a weather shaft.
• 1958 A new conveyor frame is erected above the shaft.
• 1959 The shaft is put into operation as a production shaft.
• 1988 With the consolidation of the coal mine Consolidation and Nordstern, the shaft comes to the new colliery Consolidation / Nordstern.
• 1993 With the consolidation of the coal mines Consolidation / Nordstern and Hugo the shaft comes to the new coal mine Hugo / Consolidation.
• 1996 The shaft is backfilled. "zechenkarte.de/wiki/index.php?title=Consolidation_Schacht_4

Pure industrial culture. Consol was one of the strongest mining mines in the Ruhr area.