At the initiative of former miner Theo van de Wetering, a monument has been placed here on the high slope on Hofstraat, which commemorates the lost mining industry. It was made, among other things, from the wheel that turned above shaft II of the Wilhelmina State Mine.
The enormous wheel has a diameter of 6.3 meters and was given a tilted frame by the Communal Artists Collective in 1982. This symbolizes a fallen shaft tower and also the liquidation of the mining industry "in such a radical way that it shocked many."
Shaft wheels hung in the trestles (metal structures) of shaft buildings, high above the elevator shafts. The shaft wheels turned day and night to move the elevator, which was transporting people, materials and coal. It was the connection between above ground and underground.
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