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problematic since the colliery closed down because<br />
of the loss of warmth emitted by the operation of<br />
the engines. At the same time it was quickly clear<br />
from a closer examination that the installation of<br />
a heating and insulation system would involve an<br />
intolerable intervention in the original architecture.<br />
But to dispense with this would negatively affect the<br />
comfort of visitors and strongly reduce the chances<br />
of using the engine house during the winter months.<br />
In future we foresee using the engine house in the<br />
following appropriate ways:<br />
- Making it freely accessible to the general public<br />
(ground floor and cellar), also for disabled persons.<br />
- Setting up a permanent exhibition in a part<br />
of the cellar (only using climate-insensitive<br />
exhibits, or copies).<br />
- Regular demonstrations of some of the restored<br />
working engines (a hauling machine dating<br />
back to 1902, a converter and a compressor).<br />
- Presenting special events during the summer<br />
months, like concerts with a maximum capacity<br />
of up to 800 visitors – all special exhibitions<br />
will have movable partitions and walls).<br />
This very restricted usage concept has meant that<br />
the following interventions are indispensable:<br />
- Additional emergency exit stairs from the cellar<br />
(outside the building) and one extra escape door<br />
in the east gable. The existing ridge turret must<br />
be strengthened for ventilation purposes. After<br />
much agonising we have decided to do without<br />
a fire sprinkling system and a coat of fireproofing<br />
paint on the steel construction.<br />
- The construction of an adequate public toilet in<br />
an empty part of the cellar. For this, however,<br />
the cellar level must be connected to the ground<br />
floor by an additional staircase and lift in the<br />
south east corner of the building.<br />
Fig 11: 1902 air compressor, “retro-fitted” by museum restorers and retired craftsmen, during a demonstration run for visitors (N.<br />
Tempel, LWL-Industriemuseum, Dortmund, 2007)<br />
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