Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

Preserved steel headframe of the third shaft of Mina La Camocha, a coal mine of major industrial and labour history significance near Gijón.

Surviving lattice-steel headframe of the Pozo Peragido, the last colliery to close in the Barruelo coalfield of Palencia, still standing at the site.

Former lignite shaft of the Turolense coalfield, now open as a heritage interpretation centre with its preserved 52-metre steel headframe.

Abandoned closed colliery at La Nueva, Langreo, forming part of the Ecomuseo Minero Valle de Samuño landscape, with a 1985 steel extraction tower and notable circular wash-house.

Fully functioning heritage mine museum at La Nueva, Langreo, centrepiece of the Ecomuseo Minero Valle de Samuño, with intact 1930 Art Deco winding house and BIC-listed riveted-iron headframe.

Surviving brick-and-masonry headframe of the Pozo San Rafael at Vallejo de Orbó, a nineteenth-century colliery shaft being recovered for heritage use by the ARPI association.

Standing 60-metre steel extraction tower of the Pozo Santiago at Caborana, the last operative coal mine in the concejo of Aller, closed in 2018 and now awaiting repurposing.

Intact riveted-iron headframe and preserved winding machinery of the Pozo Barredo, a geothermal energy and research facility at the heart of Mieres, Asturias.

Former Asturian coal shaft whose landmark 51-metre steel extraction tower, the first of its kind in Asturias, still stands at Vega, Langreo.

Closed Asturian coal shaft in the urban centre of El Entrego, the first vertical shaft sunk in the central Asturian coalfield, retaining its surviving headframe.