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The Zollverein Coal Mine is the unique structural expression of the industrial modernity of the 20th century. It was constructed between 1928 and 1932 by the architects Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer on behalf of the United Steelworks Inc. according to the maxim of ‘form follows function’. The coal mine had a daily output of 12,000 tons of coal. For decades, it was the coal mine with the greatest output in the world. Since its closure in 1986, the Zollverein Coal Mine has been a listed building and was placed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 2001 together with the Zollverein Coking Plant as a “representative example for the development of heavy industry in Europe”.
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The Zollverein Coal Mine is the unique structural expression of the industrial modernity of the 20th century. It was constructed between 1928 and 1932 by the architects Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer on behalf of the United Steelworks Inc. according to the maxim of ‘form follows function’. The coal mine had a daily output of 12,000 tons of coal. For decades, it was the coal mine with the greatest output in the world. Since its closure in 1986, the Zollverein Coal Mine has been a listed building and was placed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 2001 together with the Zollverein Coking Plant as a “representative example for the development of heavy industry in Europe”.