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waschkaue

the changing and cleaning facility in an abandoned coal mine

waschkaue is the German name of an off-ground communal building in coal mines.

A waschkaue was used by miners at the beginning and at the end of each working shift for showering and changing clothes.

it was divided in 3 section

"schwarzkaue" (black room) was used by miners at the end of their work shift. They'd take off their dirty work clothes and put them in the basket. Each miner had his own basked. Numbered.

from the "black room", miners would go to the adjacent shower room. Normally a huge hall large enough to host 1000-1500 men showering at the same time

from the shower room they would them move to the next section: "weisskaue" (white room) to put on the clean everyday's clothes before going home

at the beginning of work shift, the 3 rooms were crossed/used in reverse order: white room, shower area, black room

Both the clean and work clothes were stored in baskets and the baskets were risen and downed by means of a chain. at the end of the chain a lock pad would stop the chain on a rack, safely storing each man's personal belongings and clothes.

That solution is extremely space-efficient allowing 4-5000 basket to be stored in a relatively small space
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an old video shows how it was:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5qS1UuJMw

Taken on: September 7, 2016

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8.0, 0.8 sec, 11mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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Exposure Time:	0.8
Focal Length:	11mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	+2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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Exposure Mode:	Auto
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Color Space:	sRGB
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