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At 09:24 10/05/99 +0200, Harald wrote: (snipped) > >> 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. I seem to remember there was a good model and extended historical description of Malakow Türme in the Bergbau Musuem in Bochum. At least one disused tower (Constantin) was still extant last time I was in Bochum. Which Zeche Prosper in Bottrop are you talking about - there are/were at least four of them! regards Richard %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%