Kokerei Hansa

The Hansa Coking Plant is an astonishing mechanical milestone northwest of Dortmund and an essential stop on the Ruhr's Industrial Heritage Trail.

Guided visits and sound visits are given at this massive office that would get anthracite from adjacent collieries and change it into coke or coke-stove gas.

The advancement was begun in the late 1920s and its larger part is up 'til now staying resulting in being shut down in 1992. Bring a camera, as there are stacks of chances for staggering photos, not scarcest in the compressor room where the epic steam-powered gas barrel compressors appear as if they've marginally been killed for the day