Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

The operative headframe shaft of the historic Kopalnia Guido in Zabrze, with a preserved 26-metre steel trestle tower and 1927 electric winding engine, serving underground tourist routes to depths of 355 metres.

Former coal mine at Nuraxi Figus, the last colliery to operate in Italy, now undergoing decommissioning and post-industrial conversion.

Former coal extraction skip shaft of KWK Pokój in Ruda Śląska, now retained as a pumping station by Spółka Restrukturyzacji Kopalń, with skipowy headframe tower remaining as a local landmark.

Surviving headframe tower and machine house of former Szyb Lech I at the post-industrial KWK Pokój site in Ruda Śląska, subject to urban reuse masterplan.

A preserved hard coal drainage shaft of Kopalni Królowa Luiza, now an industrial heritage attraction with a 31.5-metre headframe, working steam winding engine, and viewpoint platform.

Revitalised early twentieth-century hard coal shaft complex of KWK Concordia, now a listed heritage site with restaurant, museum, and water-well function on the Silesian Industrial Monuments Route.

A peripheral hard coal shaft of the former Kopalnia Centrum in Bytom, with a surviving 35-metre steel headframe and associated surface buildings, transferred to municipal ownership in 2025.

Active hard coal extraction shaft at Bytom, retaining its steel headframe, operated by Zakład Górniczy EKO-PLUS under concession on the former KWK Bytom workings.

Preserved mercury mine shaft and pithead complex at Abbadia San Salvatore, forming part of the Parco Museo Minerario on the Monte Amiata.

Backfilled shaft site of KWK Makoszowy colliery in Zabrze, with headframe demolished during post-closure liquidation works.