Huge Abandoned Coal Mine with Cart Roller Coaster!
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2019
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In this episode we're checking out one of the most fascinating abandoned industrial sites we've ever encountered- the surface works of a huge German coal mine. Inside were tons of interesting sights to behold, including massive machine rooms and a loop of mine cart track that reminded us of a roller coaster!
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8:15 "Good morning, and welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System."
Hahahaha!
Germans don't mess about when it comes to engineering... that place massive and really cool
I think the only things more impressive in Germany than mining stuff is actually steel manufacturing facilities. :)
Or really coal
Yeah.. they used to, but look at things like the BER (Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg), or Stuttgart 21, which are both a big epic fail for a country like Germany.
@@MarcoNP2011 I smell tax fraud there... Acquisition fraud... Something fishy like that. Somebody has profited, is profiting, and/or is going to profit in a major way from those failures, or they wouldn't have occurred.
@@MarcoNP2011 Fails like BER or Stuttgart 21 are mostly a political thing. What german engineering is known for happens in huge companies witch have lots of money and the engineers to do these things.
Imagine getting all the way to the top, and looking out. You see a crowd of people across the street, all looking at the building.
And suddenly, he hear a loud voice, coming from a speaker, "Zehn - Neun - Acht - Sieben..."
psmirage and that's that
Lol
Lmao
Hahah
I would shit my pants.
I work in a coal mine and I think the plant in your video is in better shape than our plant
We dig anthracite so technically “hard” coal
@WillieG it's Germany
XD
German engineering. Best in the world.
@@lolcatz88 Can't complain
Thanks for the new videos, especially for BW Lippe (Verbund), formerly Westerholt colliery.
Since I've been a self-confessed mining fan for almost 16 years, this video really pleases me.
Now you know by now the complete system, without composite.
On Westerholt (Egonstrasse) the extraction was operated. This was done via 3 shafts. 2 are still complete. The Old Concrete Tower, which you have visited, is identical to Shamrock 11. The green giant was added in 1982. It's worth to see him, because the huge conveyor carts still hang in the shaft. The third was a conveyor headframe, which was dismantled. It was in the middle of the gatehouse.
The passenger "elevator", for miners, was on shaft Polsum. This has now been destroyed by the vandals enormously. The conveyor frame was dismantled. The ventilation was also on Polsum. It was the weather shaft system in the forest, which is also fullfilled.
As an attachment I sent you a video of the company HESE and FHF, in which you can see and hear the whole system, in operation.
It was an absolute masterpiece. The operation was fully automatic.
Nobody was sitting in the cab of the winding tower (shaft 3). This was only an auxiliary driving position, since, starting from 1978, already automatic. It was for manual operation, in case of emergency or maintenance. These containers are falsely called "lorries". In german mining-language they are called "Hunte" because they do not have their own tilting frame. Therefore also the cart circulation with centrifugal tipper and Wipper plant, which you have visited.
In shaft 1 (green tower) was a so-called container-extraction, also called Skip-extraction.
In the attached video you can get an impression of the enormous rope speed, in which the 5-storey conveyor-carts come from the depth (they are already slowed down there).
The fact that only material was driven (coal and rocks), was driven at 16 meters per second. Each conveyor-cart weighed 80 tons.
The conveyor systems were delivered from SIEMAG. AEG, Siemens and Schuckert installed the DC motors; the gears, pulleys and baffles were from BBC and GHH.
Well, enough written. I wish a relaxed weekend and look forward to your other videos.
At 2:08 minutes it will be interesting.
A nice greeting from Bremen (Germany)
Do you have a link to the video ?
@@beaustoioff6182 ua-cam.com/video/wCPb6xqdiBU/v-deo.html
@@Valentino202020 That is so cool. Thanks!
I was just thinking, "I wonder when my favorite explorers will put out a new video."
Ya I was like, "how have I not seen this mine video"
Me fucking too, dude
JM Auto Brokers that poor Miata in your pic 😭😭
So glad you guys are wearing steel toes and particulate masks. Great vid.
Hard hats and leather gloves would have been good in that place as well.
6:52 mask seems oversized
not even employees wear masks, so there is no need for the masks now.
It's strange, when they are in a roam with mold they sometimes don't even wear masks. Now, in this coal mine, they wear masks. Browncoal or coal in general isn't harmfull in small quantities. You do sometimes see the iron ore sifting through the air, but it's not that bad. Working there on a daily basis is a different story.
About friggin time!
7:05 What that means:
Center:
"Gebrauchte Feuerlöscher sind sofort beim Gerätewart abzugeben."
Used fire extinguishers are to be handed over immediately to the equipment maintainer
Right:
"Handfeuerlöscher für Brenn und Schweißarbeiten"
Hand fire extinguishers for cutting (Brennarbeiten = torch/grinding/hot cutting) and welding work.
Left:
"Feuerlöschgeräte: etc etc"
Long safety text on handling of Fire extinguishers :D
Skips the first sketchy stairs, goes down the even more sketchy stairs near the end, haha. Great video once again guys!
LOL! I noticed that too.
Atmospheric music + massive abandoned industrial site = something I know I'll love to rewatch later
The Jägermeister bottle at 17:42 :D
That machine room was awesome! And as you said, probably the most amazing thing is how people actually engineered all of this.
Humans were designed and created to this things like this. It would be amazing if we were in fact the result of complete randomness. But we aren't.
Sitting here eating spaghetti watching The Proper People. Life is good 😎👍🏼
spaghet is my favorite
Me too 🍝
Same
Guard your poor meatball in case someone should sneeze. Lol
"On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed;
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
And then my poor meatball rolled out through the door;
It rolled to the garden and under a bush,
And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush;
The mush was as tasty as tasty could be,
And early next summer it grew to a tree."
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Hold on to your meatball and don't ever sneeze. And Be Sure to Watch "The Proper People"!! :-)
I think this place is the coolest yet. Even better than the Nuke Plants. IMHO.
I love the layout with the many windows for lighting and the tracks and their conveyance systems and control rooms.
What an incredible feat of engineering.
This facility, other than the tracks and conveyor belts, very much reminds me of Portal 2 in the beginning of the game when everything is overgrown and destroyed, especially the metal stairs towards the end of the video.
4:45 Peddinghaus machine. This is an iron worker, the inverted V is for shearing angle iron and the orange portion on the left is likely a hole punch.
As a dude who loves trains, this was my favorite exploration video you've done. All the different tracks, and hills, and technology that went into this place was insane. Great video guys!
This channel is simply the best for explorations! I'm always amazed by the shots AND history of the place
It would make a good tv show!
The camera work is movie quality.
And no clickbait!
Sitting here eating spaghetti watching The Proper People. Life is good 😎👍🏼
Me and my buddy were just talking about that. They are the best we've seen for sure.
Please never change your intro music, that's my jam! ♥️
I love love love it when signs are translated and shown as captions. PLEASE PLEASE keep doing that on all of your videos.
9:15 rotary dumpers. They have bigger ones like those at some docks to unload railroad hopper cars.
"This reminds me of a lift hill section for a rollercoaster, an abandoned coal mine would be an awesome theme for one..."
Efteling: HOLD MY TULIP
Well there has been one in Disney World since the ‘80s. But hey.
Why a tulip? A tulip is turkish.
@@sybrenkruijf8570 The Netherlands did a capitalism with tulips.
A very nice LP and a great video.
I do not live far from it, but have worked on another coal mine.
My mine was the last in Germany. We stopped the promotion on 21.12.2018. In Germany, coal is no longer being mined. Greetings from Germany, Andi. ⚒ Glückauf ⚒
@Benjamin Owens I don't know this special one but in Germany we have a lot of them. In 2011 Germany decided to shut down every kind of coal mine (also coal power plants) and nuclear power plants until 2022 for nuclear and 2030/38 for coal power plants. The reason is that Germany wants to have 100% clean energy that helps to protect the environment. A very difficult process I can tell you.
Auf welchem Pütt warst du? Prosper Haniel oder in ibbenbüren?
@@FentonWorksDE Auf gar keinem, kenne ein paar Sachen darüber. Du?
Michael Paul Die frage war eigentlich an @OutdoorArea ^^ Frage interessehalber, bin ne bottroper jung ;)
@@FentonWorksDE Achso kein Problem;)
You're probably right about the wheels at 8:50. As a Coaster/Themepark Enthusiast those reminds me the most of friction wheels, often used as a propellant for the train to gain height instead of conventional chain lift hills, cable lift hills, LSM/LIM or hydraulic launches on smaller coasters. They're often utilised by companies such as Gerstlauer in their 'Junior Coasters',
As impressive as this is tells me the underground workings are just as impressive! I'm really lost for words! This is what Mega Shaft Mining looks like!
I could just imagine the people that worked there had their last day of operation. What it was like to run the last bit of coal and then shut down for the last time.
There is an german documentary about an electrician used to work in an CoalMine ("Zeche") in this Area. The presenter (the indian looking guy) is visiting and working with him one day long disassembling some of the machines used underground. They are showing some of the buildings on the site when they were still in use.
Even if you don't understand a word, the footage taken is impressive: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/quarks-und-co/video-schicht-im-schacht-100.html
The feels are real.
I can just imagine the miners that worked there years after the mine closed suffering from black lung! Such a tragedy, an illness for which there is no cure.
@Ted Longings if it was your Dad or Grandfather that you watched die helplessly of black lung, I wonder if you would still feel the same way.
IT WOULD BE EPIC If you guys did a LIVE exploration!
A troll could to easily have them swated if they are trespassing
service
@@ztm454 Not if they don't divulge their location and there are no signs anywhere.
@@sorcerykid but chances are youd want to use your surroundings to advertise the exploration
@@kaya-sem The chance of that is extremely minimal esp. during a live stream where they may only get a few hundred viewers tuned in. I mean if there at some random warehouse in a corn field in Wisconsin, for example,, what are the odds of anyone of those viewers knowing about that specific warehouse?
6:47 this is how i feel just walking down a city street, or driving around, or taking a walk through my neighborhood. SO baffled by all that we have created as humans. highkey makes me tear up because it it such an intense feeling of wonder, pride, and some guilt for what we've done to the earth.
The reason this channel is better than all the other urbex channels is the research and the excellent production quality, keep it up
Amazing channel , best editing on UA-cam
You two
Are the best.
I love your videos. They're like documentaries but without all the overly dramatic drama.
I’m lost for words. This pace is unbelievable. The mind set skill of engineering. Why was all that metal thrown around in that room? What machine moved all of that metal? Another excellent video . Thank you
As a roller coaster enthusiast hearing the phrase lift hill and watching abandoned places is beautiful 😁
I never get tired of listening to their intro
Corrupted Monster I turn it up all the way every time ! I could use it as a ringtone.
Great video!! You guys did a thorough job of exploring that massive facility and your lengthy descriptions made for an excellent and informative narrative! Great videography and editing as always!
Used to work underground in a coal mine , about half this size . Never go into an abandoned coal mine , unless you want to die, great video on the processing plant though. In operation, this place would be like in a black fog.
That's my name dude....
There are 3 amusement parks with mine themed coasters:
1. Mystery mine at dollywood in Pigeon forge, TN
2. Baron 1898 at Efteling park in Kaatsheuvel in the Netherlands
3. Tower of terror at Gold reef city in Johannesburg South Africa. An actual former mine lift tower converted into a coaster lift hill.
I've only ridden Mystery mine, and it's very good.
The Mystery mine was my first thought when he said that.
7:05 Here is some rough translation of the signs seen there.
The left one reads: Fire extinguishers! Devices and hoses may only be removed from the cabinets for fire-fighting purposes and must be returned in their proper condition after use! Repeated acts of noncompliance are punished as violations of the fire protection regulations!
The middle one reads: Used fire extinguishers are to be handed over immediately to the equipment maintainer.
The right one reads: Hand fire extinguisher for firing and welding work.
Thank you for your amazing content. Never stop!
17:43 Jager in the third of the screen. Best shot ever
Pun intended?
I've said it before and will say it again: this is the #1 exploring channel on youtube
Thank you for this awesome exploration. You guys rock.
Waiting patiently for the next video.
Your videos are so well done man!!
The best explorers on UA-cam. You guys knock it out of the park with the editing, music, and content.
Wenn ich diese Gebäude sehe, ist es als ob ich die Arbeiter höre. Es ist in einem so guten Zustand - unglaublich.
imagine how LOUD this place was when it was running...….
Couldn't hear yourself think I bet
17:41 Bottle of Jagermeister. Awesome.
You beat me to it.
I've heard Jager is horrible because it makes you want to throw up, but you can't
@@Deadvalley200 It just tastes gross. But I'm an alcoholic beverage analyst and it's losing market share to Fireball (that tastes gross, too, kind of like mouthwash). But if you want to have fun, drink a bunch of peach schnapps. Your pee will smell like peaches.
@@19irving Jägermeister is supposed to be served ice cold at about - 18°C. If it's not cold it tastes like crap but directly out of the freezer it's awesome.
@@19irving Considering I'm not old enough to legally drink alcohol, I probably won't be trying it anytime soon
17:42 Someone had a lot of fun while exploring that room!
The production quality of your videos is amazing, lots of background info, cool shots, great music. I can really feel the passion and effort put into your work, keep it up!
These Signs at 7:07 are about how to handle fire extinguishers.
"Fire-extinguishing devices! Devices and hoses are generally removed from the barriers only for fire-fighting purposes and are to be returned to their correct condition after use in normal condition!" is what Google translate says the far left sign says. And "
used fire extinguishers are to be handed over immediately to the device maintenance" for one of the other signs.
@@hakimmohamad6216 Ruhrgebiet aufjedenfall...
RAG auf den schildern steht ja für Ruhrkohle AG
Guys, when i used to work in similar industrial places, i always wore a bump cap or hard hat, please get some to use in your next industrial adventure
Might be a decent idea especially considering these buildings condition it'd be pretty easy to have something fall from the ceiling and dome you
Right. I inspect mine sites, and won't walk under conveyors that are in good condition, let along a plant falling apart like this one.
thanks for making the best exploring content! amazing place!
This channel rapidly became one of my favorite channels after I discovered it about a month ago and binged a good 10 or 15 of your videos. I always watch a new video of yours as soon as I am able, and I eagerly await your new videos. Really excellent stuff here. Great job!
You guys make me miss urbexing. The best location I did was the autolight factory ( birthplace of the union ) In Toledo. Long since been demolished.
At 0:42, whoever was in the studio writing this beat, hat's off my dudes. Loved it.
And keep it up @The Proper People. :D
what a great explore, guys! This is what the region where I live looked like for many decades! Coal mine next to coal mine, steel plant next to steel plant. Most of these industrial sites where shut down and torn apart, but there are still many left and turned into industrial monuments. Keep up your great work!!
Always love tuning in for yet another amazing video! My daughter wants to do this too, so we will go on adventures together. Thanks for helping me inspire her, stay safe out there!
17:41 someone was drinking on the job lol
Christmas decorations:✔
Coal soot:✔
Giant industrial mechanics that do stuff: ✔
But not a single chair just chilling
@@Xezlec One of the darker sides of this industrial complex: Chairs weren't allowed to chill - they had to work like everyone else.
no chilling chair :D
Random Jägermeister: ✔
@@Xezlec I was just thinking the same thing! Maybe it's a USA thing?
Love all your abandoned buildings videos! And really enjoyed this awesome video.
This video is done well, thanks for what you do!
One of y'all's best.
At 8:52 those are rotery jumpers, what they do is they rotate the cars 90° so that the cold can be dumped
You guys can get some really amazing shots, I really love your channel! Watching your videos is usually very pleasant/relaxing, please keep up the good work! ♡
Your love and passion for documenting industrial decay is what keeps me watching! 😍👍
Great video! i have been to this place 2 time now, but still havent seen all of the buildings
have you been there in the recent times? I have red they restore part of it and police is doing practise there and protect everything
@@schubiduba1 I have been there a month ago and it was pretty much the same as in the summer when i went the first time
@Jampu Germany
Gelsenkirchen
Just got a new phone that goes up to 1080p in viewing quality. Time to watch all your videos again!
1440p's been around since 2013.... You got some catching up to do.
1440p is even better
what is this 1440p you speak of? Surely not in a phone. Meh stuff it, I have a 4K TV now.
@@The_Linux_User I feel soo behind. Only 2 months ago I only had 720p
@@Brozza Well, I have a pixel 2 Xl, so not the newest anymore
I love your videos so much! Thanks for doing the dangerous exploring for us so we can see these amazing places at home, and with the added touch of your editing to pull us deeper into the video.
I just discovered your channel. I have to say, I am really enjoying it! You guys aren’t over the top, with jokes and selfies and all that annoying stuff that many UA-camrs seem to fall into. Your main focus is capturing what we see in the footage: cool abandoned places. Keep up the great work! SUBSCRIBED
This is awesome!, I was about to go to bed!
the best channel EVER
Yess!! I love when you guys post!!
Awesome video! I love where you found the pictures of the employees that used to work there. It's kind of like looking back in time
This is one of my favorite places you guys have been
Imagine being a maintenance electrician at a place like that
I was sooooo disappointed that they walked by many large power & control panels, with doors wide open, but didn't give us a single interior shot. To me, as a maintenance electrician later turned engineer, those panels are the most interesting thing in the place.
@@sootikins I know.. I'm not even an electrician (but I want to be) and i wish i could have saw them
I’m an apprentice maintenance electrician at a power station, and we have a lot of equipment that looks very familiar to some of this, especially on our coal plant.
It's not often I get a 'Wow' moment watching UA-cam. This video was an exception. The concrete stairs going up and up and up was one of them. I live near several old coal mines in the states and they puny compared to this one. One thing about the Germans is when they make anything they don't mess around. The holes in the floors and weak spots made my toes curl a few times. Y'all be safe and keep doing what you're doing.
Love watching your guys videos. Keep up the good work and this format. It's perfect.
Back in the day, for it's time, it was designed to run efficiently.
@7:50 guessing mustaches were mandatory
You guys make the coolest urbex videos hands down. I’m addictive to watching these. Haven’t stopped for a few days now!
Absolutely stunning location! Nice work guys. Thank you.👍🏼🤘🏼😎
I've been waiting for this video! (It's in my neighborhood!) Absolutely great. I made some videos of it, too. Thumbs up fur this one!
Visited it on an official tour a few years ago and still have dozens of pictures from it, never got around to climbing the fence since we had such a nice chat with the security guards and didn't want to risk seeing them again in a different disposition :D seeing the insides of most buildings frozen in time was an awesome experience. Is the transformation of the area on the way already?
@@bunkerratte_ no. Both cities are still arguing about the costs...
Around what place is this in Germany?
@@TheTwister3000 the ruhr area
@@VelocityUrbexadventures I see, im Westen nichts Neues :'D
Can't get underground? Where's frank of exploring abandoned mines at when you need him lol.
It'll be fine, we have these three ropes, we can go down at least 1000 feet or so, it's not that steep!
He will not do abandoned coal mines. They are full uf deadly fumes more often than not.
Frank is such a kickass dude
No the holes are closed in 2011
@@marting.6587 Even if they weren't filled in, how would you get down places like these, isn't the majority of the tunnels somewhere along a vertical shaft with no working elevator to go down? And agreed that it's insanely dangerous, especially if you don't know all the possible kinds of hazards that wait in underground enclosed spaces...
So excited for this video. I absolutely loved it! How do you guys find such great places to explore?
Sat here getting anxious from the shady stairs you are walking ... cue an advert for a calming app playing relaxing music - just what I needed 🎶
This was interesting. Makes me wonder how long it took to construct? The photo of the workers was cool.
this is the best channel ever, how do you find these places?
Check out shiey channel
Wow, amazing footage and editing. Thank for sharing. Stay safe.
23:49 Probably a 2 tank fire extinguisher. One tank is for compressed air and the other powder rather than the single tank of a hand held unit. This 2 tank system allows for the flow to be stopped without losing pressure due to power in the valve.
7:07 the translation is as follows
Fire extinguisher for Welding works
Used fire extinguisher must be brought to the service person imidiatly
Fire extinguishers are only allowed to take out for there intended purpose. They must be brought back reconditioned!! (meens filled up and seelt after use)
Reminds me of Half Life 2. Absolutely insane.
"Do not go through Rav--! _KKKHSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!_ "
Evan [REDACTED]don’t forget portal 2, when you’re under all the old test chambers.
Awesome video as always. These large industrial places are probably my favourite. Although my absolute favourite is definitely your nuclear power plant video (that 45 minute one). It was really long and detailed, plus awesome as well. Especially because you get to see stuff that you normally wouldn't. But the industrial things are awesome as well - mostly because of the cinematography.
This is the first thing in years that held me in such suspense, nothing, games, horror movies, nothing made me so excited and awed in a long time. I am also just starting a local channel similar to this one, mostly just local traveling, but will certainly do some explorations too in the future.
Awesome music too, awesome shots and excellent editing! It really puts you there!
Have you look into taking 360 degree cameras? That would be helluva a view with 360 viewing.
Thy did it once and it suked
That's clearly Till Lindemann's house.
Ah, a man of culture
In the time sonne came out
This is amazing. Thanks for filming this guys!
Another spectacular location my friends. I absolutely love abandoned Industrial, I need to film more like this rather than the houses and buildings I have been doing.
Thank you for sharing this with us, and as always be safe out there friends
Very interesting. What a dirty job, for some. I've watched on UA-cam, other videos of various coal or other material operations. You will see the various ways, the cars are emptied. Some of these places are here in the USA, and some in other parts of the world. Very interesting. I agree with you about the Nuclear Power plant. The other mine you visited, made this place look like a toy.
Thanks for the great video.
You guys should wear hard hats. You never know when a chunk of concrete comes down or you bump your head on the edge of a rusty metal. Stay safe!
This place tops my favorite 🤘🖒thank you for taking us along.
That’s so cool! The mine cart tracks were the best part. You guys are awesome