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- Jan 1, 197250% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
TAKRAF Commissions the First F60 Overburden Conveyor Bridge at Welzow
- The F60 is a series of five overburden conveyor bridges built by VEB TAKRAF in Lauchhammer, described as the largest movable technical industrial machines in the world; the first was built 1969-1972[2]
- Each is 502 m long, up to 80 m high, about 240 m wide and 13,600 tonnes, with 27 MW externally powered[2]
- Four still operate (Jaenschwalde, Welzow-Sued, Nochten, Reichwalde) and the fifth at Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf is open to visitors[2]
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- [1]50%youtube.com/watch?v=9dudh7G0XTMyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Jan 1, 1972 ✓· 50% of score
Wikipedia's[2] Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 article dates the first unit's construction to 1969-1972 and entry into service at the Welzow open-pit mine to 1972, without a specific day.
- [2]80%Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 50% of score
Documents the first F60 being built 1969-1972 and entering service at Welzow, and lists the F60 units still operating today.[1]
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