Escavatore bucket-wheel
Otzenrath, Germania
Un escavatore bucket-wheel rimuove lo strato superficiale di terreno in una miniera di lignite. Macchine diverse scaveranno il carbone. Le strade della città che un tempo si trovavano qui sono ancora visibili su "Google Maps".
Bucket-Wheel Excavator At Lignite Mine
Otzenrath, Germany
This bucket-wheel excavator is exposing a flat-lying seam of lignite (brown coal) by stripping the overlying layers of earth and rock, or “overburden,” which will be relocated by conveyor belt to an exhausted part of the mine. Different machines will excavate the coal. The streets of the town which once stood here are still shown on “Google Maps.”
