Münster District
Ruhr RegionKreis RecklinghausenCastrop-RauxelHammerhead Tower, Erin Colliery (Shaft 3)
Münster District
Ruhr RegionKreis RecklinghausenCastrop-RauxelHammerhead Tower, Erin Colliery (Shaft 3)
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Hammerhead Tower, Erin Colliery (Shaft 3)
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Erin's Hammerhead Tower was one of only ten towers built in the Ruhr in the 1920s. From 1937 until the decommissioning of the coal mine in 1983, shaft 3 was only used for rope travel; the coal left the pit through shaft 7 on the edge of the city center of Castrop-Rauxel.
The hammerhead tower was restored in 1993 with state funds. The city of Castrop-Rauxel created around it a "Celtic circle of trees" and thus honors the founder of the mine.
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Elevation 170 m
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