The valley remembers.
Das Tal erinnert sich.
Tunnels, galleries, stations and kilns left behind by the valley. Every place receives an inventory number. No place receives an address.
Inventory
7 entries · By year of visit, starting with the first entry. Titles and texts are in German, and each entry has an English summary.
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LPW 00012015
Bahndeckungsgraben
A small, heavily reinforced Reichsbahn air raid shelter, built in 1943 for the workers of a railway yard. Its entrances are now barred.
Shelter 2 min · no photos
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LPW 00022015
Die Nordbahntrasse
The history of a railway line built from 1873 as a rival route. It closed in the 1990s and reopened as a cycle and footpath in 2014.
Railway 4 min · no photos
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LPW 00032015
U-Verlagerung Meise 1 / Schwelmer Tunnel
Two parallel railway tunnels converted into an underground armaments plant under the codename “Meise” in the final year of the war.
Underground 4 min · no photos
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LPW 00042017
Der Ringofen
A listed ring kiln built for the continuous mass production of bricks, of the elongated type patented in 1851.
Industry 2 min · no photos
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LPW 00052018
ehemaliger Hauptbahnhof Solingen
A main station opened in 1890 and left to decay after its lines closed. The building has since been restored as commercial space.
Railway 1 min · no photos
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LPW 00062018
U-Verlagerung Schneider
A brewery’s rock cellar, converted into an underground factory codenamed “Schneider” in 1944 and since backfilled.
Underground 2 min · no photos
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LPW 00072019
Der Wichlinghauser Tunnel
A 290 metre railway tunnel on a connecting curve that opened in 1890. It closed in the late 1990s and is now part of the cycle network.
Railway 1 min · no photos
About this archive
These are my visits to the Bergisch Triangle. They appeared first on HobbyZone-Alpha. Here they are collected again and ordered like an inventory.
A structure may carry its name if it is public, demolished, backfilled or long since put to other use. A place that still stands untouched remains nameless. Those who know it, know it.
Enter only with permission and at your own risk. Take nothing. Leave nothing.