A stone's throw from the headquarters of the Zeche Zollverein in Essen, a headframe has been preserved from a smaller coal mine that was part of the mining giant.
This 240-meter-long and 12-meter-high massive block of concrete once formed the storehouse with ores and coal for the Schalker Verein steel factory.
In 1993, the Kokerei Zollverein coking plant was at the end of its rope: the steel crisis of the 1990s caused the demand for coke to melt away.
In the 19th century, the tentacles of the Walloon coal industry in Belgium reached deep into the German Ruhr area.
Three striking headframes from three different eras stand in the German Ewald coal mine, which closed its doors in 2000.
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