Möller Colliery
The Möller Colliery was a coal mine in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which operated from 1901 until 1967, after which time the site was demolished. It was one of the major coal mining operations in the heavily industrialized region in northwestern Germany during the first two-thirds of the 20th century. History In 1894, several individual businessmen consolidated their field holdings outside of the city limits of both Bottrop and Gladbeck, forming the United Gladbeck Union (Gewerkschaft Vereinigte Gladbeck), with the intention of creating a new coal mine. Work began in :de:Rentfort, Rentfort in 1895 with the sinking of the Thyssen 1/2 double shaft system. Due to a water ingress, the sinking work had to be temporarily interrupted in 1896, whereupon the sinking of the Professor 3/4 pit began in the southern part of the coalfield. The Thyssen and Professor pits were consolidated under the name Zeche Vereinigte Gladbeck (United Gladbeck Colliery). In 1898 the drilling wo ...
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