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North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Kahlenberg Hydroelectric Power Plant

North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Kahlenberg Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Kahlenberg Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Sebastian Kowalke

February 4, 2019

Hiking

The Kahlenberg hydropower plant is one of two hydropower plants in Mülheim an der Ruhr. After the First World War, the coal mined in the Ruhr area was disbursed as reparation to Belgium and France and therefore alternative sources of energy became important. In 1927, the Kahlenberg hydropower plant, built from Ruhr sandstone, was put into operation. Today it works fully automatically and delivers around 20 million kilowatt hours per year.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

February 7, 2019

Hiking

The Kahlenberg run-of-river power station was put into operation in 1927 by the Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft (RWW) to ensure the supply of electricity to the Dohne and Styrum waterworks. The architects …

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December 6, 2017

Hiking

Building from 1927 in the style of "Mülheim Modernism" similar to the theater and town hall. The steam engine in front of the power station was moved here from MH-Styrum; it has nothing to do with the power station next door.

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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