Conveyor Bridge F60, October 2022

Susanne is in town
We visit the F60 conveyor bridge in Lichterfeld - the largest moving machine in the world.
The conveyor bridge removes the surface layer above the coal in open-pit lignite mines and transports it across the open pit to the opposite side. The bridge is more than 500 m (1500 ft) long, more than 80 m (240 ft) high and has a weight of more than 11,000 tons.
The name F60 comes from its ability to remove 60 meters (180 feet) of surface layer.
One can visit the conveyor bridge as part of a guided tour.
Susanne takes pictures


The excavation side


The manufacturer


The dumping side


The leader in a bucket of a bucket digger


Another group on the bridge


The undercarriage on the excavation side


The dumping side


A track retracting machine


On the bridge


We go uphill


The excavation side from above


The maintenance wagon with lunch room


We proceed uphill


We are already at 55 m (165 ft) elevation


There is still some distance to go


You can rope down from here 60 m (180 ft) deep


The undercarriage on the dumping side


Blick auf den früheren Tagebau (heute ein See) aus 80 m Höhe


The whole bridge


Panorama in 80 m (240 ft) elevation



Susanne takes pictures


Back to the ground


Art


360 panorama from the lake side


