Hauts-de-France
A reinforced concrete headframe is all that remains of the Dutemple coal mine, which has operated for almost two centuries.
Grube Camphausen
Between 1909 and 1911, the German coal mine Camphausen was expanded with a fourth headframe in reinforced concrete, a worldwide first at the time.
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