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Sinking of the Gneisenau colliery commenced in 1873 but, due to water problems, it was 1886 before the shafts were completed. A third shaft was sunk in 1903. The mine was steadily expanded and improved with a fourth shaft added in 1934. By the 1970s output was 4.5 million tons a year with 6,000 employees and it was the largest colliery in the Ruhr area. Production ceased in 1985 and the adjacent coking plant followed in 1989. Today two sets of headgear are preserved as industrial monuments. This is headframe over shaft 4 constructed in 1933-34.

This water tower was designed in 1904/05 by the company August Klonne in Dortmund for the Municipal Gas and Water Works Unna. Until 1980 it was used for the water supply of Lanstrop, Derne, Mengede, Brambauer and parts of the city Lunen. The "Lanstroper Egg" has a height of over 18 metres, a diameter of 14 metres and a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres of water. The whole tower is 60 metres high.

Sinking of the Gneisenau colliery commenced in 1873 but, due to water problems, it was 1886 before the shafts were completed. A third shaft was sunk in 1903. The mine was steadily expanded and improved with a fourth shaft added in 1934. By the 1970s output was 4.5 million tons a year with 6,000 employees and it was the largest colliery in the Ruhr area. Production ceased in 1985 and the adjacent coking plant followed in 1989. Today two sets of headgear are preserved as industrial monuments. This is the Tomson headframe which is the oldest surviving steel headgear in the Ruhr area.

Derelict blast funace, cowper stoves and associated pipework at Phoenix West, Dortmund.

This water tower was designed in 1904/05 by the company August Klonne in Dortmund for the Municipal Gas and Water Works Unna. Until 1980 it was used for the water supply of Lanstrop, Derne, Mengede, Brambauer and parts of the city Lunen. The "Lanstroper Egg" has a height of over 18 metres, a diameter of 14 metres and a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres of water. The whole tower is 60 metres high.

This water tower was designed in 1904/05 by the company August Klonne in Dortmund for the Municipal Gas and Water Works Unna. Until 1980 it was used for the water supply of Lanstrop, Derne, Mengede, Brambauer and parts of the city Lunen. The "Lanstroper Egg" has a height of over 18 metres, a diameter of 14 metres and a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres of water. The whole tower is 60 metres high.

Cowper stoves and associated pipework at the remaining blast furnace at Phoenix West, Dortmund.

Opened in 1927 and modernised several times the Hansa cokeworks eventually had 314 ovens producing up to 5,400 tonnes of coke daily for use at local steelworks. After closure in 1992 some of the plant has been retained as a museum. This view shows the pushing side of the ovens.

Opened in 1927 and modernised several times the Hansa cokeworks eventually had 314 ovens producing up to 5,400 tonnes of coke daily for use at local steelworks. After closure in 1992 some of the plant has been retained as a museum. This view shows the interior of the compressor building which is outside the museum area.

Opened in 1927 and modernised several times the Hansa cokeworks eventually had 314 ovens producing up to 5,400 tonnes of coke daily for use at local steelworks. After closure in 1992 some of the plant has been retained as a museum. This view shows the pushing side of the ovens.