Prezydent Shaft
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| Prezydent Shaft | |
|---|---|
Szyb Prezydent | |
 The headframe of the Prezydent Shaft | |
 Interactive map of the Prezydent Shaft area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Coordinates | 50°17′53″N 18°58′02″E / 50.29806°N 18.96722°E |
| Completed | 1933 |
| Height | |
| Height | 42 m |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Reinforced concrete |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Ryszard Heileman |
Prezydent Shaft (Polish: Szyb Prezydent) is a former coal-mine headframe (winding tower) in Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.[1] The reinforced-concrete, single-strut tower is about 42 metres tall and carries two rope sheaves 5.5 metres in diameter.[1] It forms part of the Sztygarka complex, which reuses surviving mine buildings—including former foremen's housing—for hospitality and cultural events.[2] The site is included in the Silesian Industrial Monuments Route.[1]
The shaft headframe was built in 1933 to serve a section of the historical Król/Königsgrube coal mine; its construction was financed by the Polish–French company Skarboferm and designed by engineer Ryszard Heileman of Katowice, who drew on French technological patterns.[1][2] The shaft was initially named Wielki Jacek and from 1937 took the name Prezydent, in honour of Ignacy Mościcki.[1][2]
In 1972 the Prezydent mine was incorporated as a district into the Polska mine in Świętochłowice; mining in the wider complex ended in the 1990s, and some surface buildings were demolished in 1996.[2][1]
Architecture
The headframe is a brace-type (single-strut) reinforced-concrete tower. It retains two parallel rope sheaves with a diameter of 5.5 metres.[1][2] According to the Industrial Monuments Route description, together with associated equipment (including a 10-ton skip) it was designed for an output exceeding 320 tonnes of coal per hour.[1][2]