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Water Lifters and Watermen at Große Oker Sluice

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Water Lifters and Watermen at Große Oker Sluice

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Location: Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Best Mountain Biking Routes to Water Lifters and Watermen at Große Oker Sluice

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1. Dammgraben Dam – Dammgraben Altenau loop from Clausthal-Zellerfeld

44.9km

03:33

670m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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2. Dammgraben Altenau – Clausthaler Flutgraben Trail loop from Sankt Andreasberg

52.1km

04:10

890m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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3. Wurmbergsee – Wurmberg Summit loop from Bergstadt Altenau

47.5km

04:10

1,080m

Expert mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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Maxe

August 21, 2018

The work of the water worker was mainly to remove the mine water with vessels from the shaft sump. For this work always several hydrants were necessary. As a rule, two water workers stood in the shaft sump and scooped the water into the so-called puddle buckets. In the water shaft several water squads stood on tracks at short intervals, forming a chain. The filled buckets were passed on to the lowest water worker, who then passed the bucket to the next, until the bucket had reached the top and was emptied. In return, the emptied buckets were handed down again. On days when there was little water in the sump, the watermen were used for auxiliary work in the promotion. In mines with high water supply stages were installed in the water shaft at short intervals, on which the watermen then stood. Later, handpumps were used instead of the scoops. On each stage stood a water tank, into which a water pipe pumped the water. From this water box, the water was pumped to the nearest water tank until it finally arrived over days.

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Rolf K.

May 10, 2020

Great trails with a lot of variety

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Steffen Akkerman

August 11, 2020

educational, but also a wonderful path for cycling.

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Location: Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Water Lifters and Watermen at Große Oker Sluice

1. Dammgraben Dam – Dammgraben Altenau loop from Clausthal-Zellerfeld

2. Dammgraben Altenau – Clausthaler Flutgraben Trail loop from Sankt Andreasberg

3. Wurmbergsee – Wurmberg Summit loop from Bergstadt Altenau

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