PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF RE MALAPANEW STEEL PLANT, OZIMEK (MALAPANE), POLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04753A000100010068-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: November 30, 1956
• Content Type: BRIEF

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INSTAIITION: Malapanew Steel Plant
LOCATION: Ozimek (Malapane), Poland
25X1A B.E. NUMBER:
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BRIEF NO.: B-68-56
DATE: 30 November 1956
IAT.: 50? 411' N
LONG.: 18? 13' E 25X1D
ORR REQTFIRMENT NO: RR HTA/E/R64-56: Determine the number of open hearth furnaces,
size of rolling mill buildings, and any indications of expansion at the
Malapanew Steel Plant, Ozimek (Malapane), Poland.
The Malapanew Steel Plant is located 12 miles east of Oppeln. The plant under-
went a partial dismantling in 1945 and resumed limited operation in 1946. In 1950
work was begun on reconstruction of plant installations, and in 1954 there were
reports of continued plant expansion. The plant reportedly produces high quality 25X1D
steel castings and machined parts.
The Malapanew Steel Plant is covered by only one oblique exposure on
photography. The obliquity of the print and the lack of stereo coverage precludes
any detailed analysis of the plant. However, it is evident that the overall area
of the plant has been expanded since 1944. New buildings have been added, others
have been rebuilt. Rail-served open storage facilities have been increased. An
area of the plant containing several large mill or foundry type buildings appears to
have been recently constructed and rebuilt. A large, new housing area has been built
near the plant.
There is no indication on the photography of a series of open hearth furnaces.
Several, tall stacks are evident but not in the arrangement common to open hearth
furnaces. If this plant produces or uses raw steel in any sizeable amount, the in-
dications are that the steel is processed by electric furnaces. The plant does not
have the characteristics of a typical large steel plant other than the mill and
foundry type buildings.
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