Those in charge continually expanded the plants. For example, a headframe in half-timbered construction was erected in 1896 on the stone-built shaft tower. In the period from 1933/34, it was replaced by a stand-alone headframe in solid wall construction that was no longer interlinked with the stonewalled shaft tower. In the years 1958/59, further improvement took place in the form of a second hoisting sheave platform.

A bride in white, a climber without any fear of heights and right in the middle, numerous visitors – today, Malakoff tower is a place filled with a wide variety of adventures. It offers a non-commercial climbing facility of the association Bottrop Sportbund, and also serves the City of Bottrop: Couples in love therefore have the opportunity to say the magic word yes in a civil marriage against a historical backdrop. Since 2014, the headframe has an observation platform, giving visitors a sensational view over the former coal region. That’s because during the Foundation for the Preservation of Industrial Monuments’ tours, people can climb up the headframe and tour the Malakoff tower. The structure with a height of 30 meters is maintained by the Historische Gesellschaft Bottrop e.V. The association has set up a place there for mining and migration history – and makes sure that the mine’s moving history stays in collective memory.