Ruhr Area
In 1847, the coal and steel industry in the German Ruhr area reached cruising speed as industrialist Franz Haniel erected a coal mine in Essen.
Ewald colliery
Three striking headframes from three different eras stand in the German Ewald coal mine, which closed its doors in 2000.
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