Roco 15000 - Building Kit Förderturm with shaft house Zollern

Prototype: winding tower of a coal mine shaft house and along the lines of Zollern II / IV in Dortmund. Here the coal is brought to light, separated from the rock, sorted by size and loaded directly into railway Cars standing among them. Model: Finely detailed industrial architecture model as a kit. All components are made of high quality architectural specialty board engraved with laser technology and precision cut. All parts are painted in realistic colors and matte can also be aged for as needed. Length 665 mm, width 195 mm, height 505 mm) (top of the winding tower).

Zollern - From Mine to Museum specimen originated in the northwest of Dortmund from 1898 to 1904 a model coal mine in the United Steel Works, renamed in 1934 in Gelsenkirchner mining AG (GBAG), the get through spectacular industrial modernity and progress, coupled with economic power should be expressed.

The architect Paul Knobbe (1867-1956), who planned the century a substantial part of new development projects GBAG, was based on the North German brick Gothic architecture, where red brick is loosened by the form of stones, decorative elements and bright Putzfelder. In addition to the engine room especially the interior of the Lohnhalle a distinct feature of German industrial architecture, which was faithfully restored recently and its former glory. The coal mine Zollern consisted of the underground mines belong together I / III in church Linde and II / IV in B&ouml, vinghausen . In several stages they reached in 1942 at the shaft 2, a total depth of 490 m, was introduced in 1908, the underground locomotive production. The coke plant was opened in 1904, but only in operation until 1918. Although the Zollern was equipped very modern, showed significant defects in the surface installations: an effective separation and processing was not possible and the short shaft house allowed no car circulation. Already in the 1920s, there were therefore merged plans to promote the pits of Zoller and Germania. In 1955, finally, the promotion to give up entirely in Zoller and progressive facilities, buildings and cars stopped as mine. Between 1967 and 1968, the shafts were filled in inches and the shaft has been completely shut down Germania 1971st Zoller is remarkable in that almost the entire system over time, virtually unchanged, even the damage in the 2nd World War II were low. Only single rusted, worn parts, as well as the support scaffolding was removed, which were replaced from 1986 to 1988 of identical fellows of the mines Wilhelmine Viktoria in Gelsenkirchen, Herne and Frederick the Great. The extraordinary architecture of the system was the reason for their preservation and subsequent use as a museum today is considered one of the first examples of industrial monuments. Zollern now part of the Westphalian Industrial Museum, which also has its headquarters in Zoller, and it is the visitor center is an important milestone on the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH).