6. STATION: "Rampe hinter dem Arkadengebäude zum Hochofengebäude"

In addition to iron ore, limestone and coal (initially charcoal and later coke), were needed for making iron. Carters delivered the raw materials directly to the blast furnace via this ramp.

The iron ore for the Sayner Hütte did not come from the nearest place, Bendorf, which belonged to another territory, but from ore mines in the Westerwald near Horhausen.

After loading the iron ore at the mine, each carter received a loading slip, which they handed in on arrival at the Sayner Hütte in return for payment for their load. The carters had to supply their own horses and wagons. They also had to load and unload the iron ore themselves. It took a carter a total of 16 hours to cover the 25 km between the Sayner ironworks and the Georg mine, including loading and unloading the ore.

Ore was continually on the move to the Sayner Hütte to ensure that the blast furnace could be constantly filled. The only storage provisions were for coal, which was kept in a large shed behind the blast furnace. The carters would drive directly into the shed via the ramp. Every two to four weeks coal was brought by river to the landing stage in Mülhofen on the Rhine, from where it was transported to Sayn. Limestone from the Lahn was also delivered by ship.