Tony Brooks wrote:
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> Harald
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> Yes - a masony headframe is a winding tower, headstock, headgear etc over a
> shaft. By masonry, I mean either built of stone or brick. They are unusual
> as they would have been expensive as to get any height they would have to be
> massiveand. Also they must be designed to be wholly in compression. I
> would very much like a copy of your photograph.
>
No problem, just send me your complete address!
> I have never heard of a Malakoff tower.
No wonder, I misspelled it :-)
The correct spelling is Malakow (according to my sources).
I have been browsing my literature last weekend and found
some information about Malakow towers. May be, it's of interest?
Malakow towers have been invented in the mid 18ies.
The word Malakow-Turm (tower) has been a term of colloquial
language in the beginning, because the towers resembled
the towers of fortresses. The word is derived from Fort Malakow
in Sewastopol which became quite famous because of a battle during
the Krim war in that time. It has even been mentioned by Tolstoi.
(Although the tower of fort Malakow has been a round tower, which
was much smaller than the Malakow towers in mining.)
Later, in about 1900, the 'Malakow-Turm' became part of the
technical terminology too.
Most Malakow towers are constructed from brickwork with very
strong walls often with battlements.
Let me give a few examples:
(Name of mine, location, approx. date of construction)
- Viktoria, Essen (Ruhr area) 1837
- Eschweiler Reserve, Eschweiler, 1856
- Constantin, Bochum, 1850
examples of existing ones are:
- Rheinpreussen, Duisburg Moers, 1875 originally with 2 Malakow towers
one of them only partly preserved
- Carl, Essen, 1856
- Hannover, Bochum
- Atsch, Stolberg (near Aachen) , 1845, one of the oldest M.T's has been
converted into a residential building
> Is this some kind of Koepe system
> where the winder is mounted over the shaft on top of the headframe?
>
No, the Koepe system has been invented later.
You probably mean what is called 'Foerderturm' in German language.
(German language makes a decision between 'Foerdergeruest', a
construction
with a vertical tower and a diagonal brace carrying the wheel, with
the winding engine on the ground floor, and 'Foerderturm', a steel
or concrete tower with the (electric) winding engine on it's top.
Maybe somebody is able to supply english translations?)
Usually Malakow towers had a steam angine on the floor of a machine
building just nearby (or connected to) the tower.
(I will enclose a few photographs with the picture of the Crusnes
tower.)
There are a few examples of Malakow towers in the Ruhr are, where
a 'regular' winding-towes has been added to the Malakow tower later
(on top of the original shaft).
So the Malakow tower lost it's original function.
Zeche Prosper in Bottrop is an example for this kind of conversion.
> Regards
>
> Tony Brooks [log in to unmask]
>
> Hon. Secretary, Trevithick Society, Cornwall
By the way: I will visit Cornwall in June - hope to see some industrial
sites there!
Greetings
Harald
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