To the east of the district of Szopienice, in the city center of Katowice, there are meager remnants of the once powerful Uthemann zinc smelter. This plant was already put into operation in the 1830s. In the first decades of the next century, it was expanded. Of the once monumental facilities the characteristic building housing management offices with a clock tower and a water tower has been preserved. Near the old smelter we can also see a zinc rolling mill hall with some old equipment.
