The given maps illustrate how a coal mine looked before being turned into a tourist attraction.
Overall, the mine became more recreational with the introduction of public facilities, such as a museum, a café and entertaing zones. However, these modifications came at the expense of staff’s working places, the medical room and waste pits.
Before redevolopment, the coalfield was an industrial area featuring workplaces. The access to the coal mining industry was from the north, with an office adjacent to workers’ changing room to the left and two main pits for waste of the mineral on the other side of the entrance. There was a medical room in the middle servicing for the membership, beyond which were a lorry park to the south and a parking lot to the southwest.
After reconstruction, this industrial zone changed its view to a more visitor-friendly and entertainment land. The office and the locker room were replaced with a new museum which attracted more travelers. Two pits to the east were knocked down to make way for a railway to drive a truck on it and a picnic spot with the leafy environment, while a café was located, where the hospital and lorry park stood. All these three facilities were covered with a footpath, to the southeast of which was a playing field for kids. Despite these changes, the parking lot did not undergo any alterations, and new comers had a chance to enter the mine.