STARACHOWICE METALLURGICAL WORKS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 276
• Publication Date: December 22, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COf?L~'7DE~xp?L; SECL`RIPY ?
GE'-aTRAL Ib~ti ELLIGENCE A~~ENCY
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SUBJECT Stararhowic~ b~tallurg3cal marks
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~ATf !71$?R.,??~, Dec 1952
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1? The Starachcwice ,.etallurgioal Warks, Kielce W:; j.7-~.ztwc,, C, 1za F:,A'-at, ?8 '~
Bated cn the War;~w, Radom, SkarzyskP Kamienna, Cytrc-,v..e., kcxmaSc,~
read iin~. The ~1art :.s 77 kilometers from Skarz- ske in ?r,P ~ "vcv :ai_.-.
ieo. ar- terra=~. is weeded en3 .ery hilly. The ease dirs'tion of Os~s:,v.?-
(17 - 1,. kilc,xe~.rs) in the Warsaw ~'- - 7nea_oa +,.; 3kaxzysr~
14,CC0 - 16,C0`iemployePS worked in th plart~iu ttieeapY mm field
t~'~~~ICgjl3lograms; armored'~eupolassfortfort~icanions eraft, aad aerial bombe
~ tomobile frames, heaters; and boilers for centr
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Yor anbma-.ine uiesel engines were made, and machine tools were repaired. At present,
tractors and trailers are being produced officially, The spccif9.% nety*?e of the pro.,
duation is uisJ~own.. The personnel is exceptionally sell trained; it is quite possible
that production could be purely military in natu:.~e.
7. Just before'.uZsaldt~Tor$'tn 199, the plants had a Centralise Biura Konstrukcyjne (Central
~..,s^,i.-.a=r'.-~~ : ~s;~~. Sus eau) whioh employed about 1~iu engineers and model bui:.dcrs to
design new tyges of cannon and ammunition. The plants built all the cannon prototypes
and also planned and prepared the production for other armament factories. E6ost of the
engineers deserted Suring the Gera:an occupation. I met matey cf then ir, the Slask area
in 1945.
a. Plant administration was excellent. The plant was rrganized as an integrated, irdeper-
dent unit in which raw material in the fcrm of ore was processed at tre plaai iztc'a
h#gh-quality, finished product.
9. The plant coa~lex eras divided into the fallowing basic units:
(a) Iron cre mines
(b) limestone quarries
(c) 3.fetalltrgicel works including: blaet furnace, ale4t-sic power plant, tR?c opea?-
hearth furnaces, three electric steel furnaces, steel fo?.uzdry, iron four.,d_?-y, rol-
ling sill, the forgery, i~ardening works, brick yard, rolophany pleat, atraetural
steel 3ivision, and the repair division.
(d) r~ahiis;S,g plants, with two artillery divicionB, projectile plant, case ~aufa;:~L
iuQ pla~tty automobile f:atx stamping silly and a carpenter shop,
(a) F?,niehing plant for artillery and antisiroraft ammuaitioai and aerial bombs.
(f) Forest management and saw mills
(g) rVidia" hard metals seotioa
(h) hhgia~ring design b^.ueau
l0. I$ the iron ore minas, t'ae ore (iimoaite with up to 35 per Dent iron) is mined by tee
apes-pit method. ,liter roastinRy this ore Dan be used as an admixture constituting
a Dist 30 per cent of the charge. It is aloo used as an oxidising agent in aleo?c:'..a
and open-hearth fu~naae atsel ?roduation. ?eats tc run the Dlact furaaees on mb:daw
ore alone did not gave satisfactory results.
11. Liaeatane quarries, producing the flux for blast furnace steel_produa~i~n, ~zse t~~ ~p?r_
pit asthod is nearby woods,
12. ThA: amount of ore cad limestone extracted was large eaoug: to ful~'ill the requirezanats
of the plaata.
13. Forestry aanageaeat was very advaaoed and was applied aver a lOQ aquassilometer Groot
of hand whioh prodused bnildis~g ?us~rr.
14. The largo aawaill and veneer p].aat were getssd to dressing lumber for tue mamifacture of
railt~oad Darcy oarpantry9 and a~n~sition packing oaaer.
13. Pt~odnatiaaa capacity for the bust furaaoe wan about 24 toes of pig iron par day. The
ages used bafore~rt[iht;i in -939 werr,: Sr~adiah; Algoriu., Krivoi Bogy and damsatio
lia~ite. The pig Arun r~s allowed 'co cool beoaues {,ha pleat Bits was aroased by the
~*~wr Sfos;::Lyslue Catrawiea, Lvov raili`oad. 6 pro act for tnasferriag this ra:~l,?rad
lid to the ontrk~rts of gta:?aahor;fios, beyond the p t sitar xae about to b~ realia!~d:
7n 4Q~Qti~ with t'...:y : plan tAd beLn worYad out tar tra~portiag hot pig iron to the
op~-hearth lhrnaoea.
16. The local $y000 kilowatt eleotri?~ poar~r pleat ervioad the coeds of the pleats and
erat~i fired tt~boal~noal daa~ ti blait~l~ne g~~ anidp ~le~shad two turt~ugea-
17. Near the blast furasoe, a brick oouverted bina$ lUrBaoe s1aN into Dui1d
eolo~ozv works produced tam ~la~ f: Basta tour#st poroduota~Untilk' a
~~ofvi~ ooaverted b1aoY _to aatal].ur deiaat~~n~ - r~ ,...,.) o ; : -~~ ,;atiT;itut
pvadr plant~a ~aY 30 cetera cad about 20ytwtfis high~Iaf1939~~ plasotsnstlieagthan-
ed by' a 2b mater steel frame st_Tuoture with alaQ briaY galls to home two boilers. The
to ~ area ~s 20 x 30 mstsrs cad 1y500 asters high, with bnrat brink walla and a light-
weight roof of rtruotural steal.
I8. The opal-hrnrth saes of 26-taa oa oit heat
a~~ t; d vith produc Ar e; but Y produce tieresti~iew MroF Z.r doe
O aesion is booed oa i irdn ~ ~ ~~ day Ali be fired with ~aciur~ gar,
P p~duoed at Zha ylaat and aar4p ar~tal. T'u production
savged flroa pl,a~n carbon steel to opaaial a11oT ateel~ snob as ohros~e-aialcel-
l~bo ia~t~ wrur (pro~aotilea). The build.iag, about ~ z 40 x 15 meters, is made of burnt
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19? Most of the special an
t`urnacee i one furnace
d tool steal prod
of sr~nt~ms ca
aci
uction wAa dog +.
the folle
t
xing electr
ic
The electric steel fur
fortifications,, and ta
'_e difficult to aast~y,
furna
(k
p
naces produced ste
nks and links for
In the electric
y aed two fu3'ilecea
el cacti ogi'retar
tank catar~'~s~~d cupol
9tee1 furnacelw
k
e
s capacity
as for
o
reu
yn
each.
sllut
ces
00 kilograms
building, 28 x 70 x ?_0
) Per smelting b:
meters
ie
f
or
e
there w
~nzes and ferrous and nonfe*
rmn
?-
em
rous metal
s
4h
20. The iro
t
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o
str
uctural steel frame with sla
g brick wa
.
e
lls.
n
oandriea were
T2:ey er~ecielize3 is thi
yell equipped.
n walle
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They hgd two cugoias ?or mel
+
ting Pig i
r
central heating, The m
21. lie divi
i
e
castings
aiding works made
for parts of heaters
an,d Fu
casting molds for the plan'.:
rctitces for
'o ckr_ use
on.
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s
on cf mata.is
Pinta. Tye building w
22, The forgery ~r~s equippe
forginga such sa barrels
ls por molds and
as made of 3~urat b
d with a PGi~ ton
Sor carmen
fire brick supplied all the
rick.
stamping Press for the prod
aseds Gf ta
uction of h
e
eav
2j x 2S x 16 meters, wsa
and r
of str
t
ollers for roiling milla?
ThP buildin
y
23? The hardening corks wee
treatment cf Ar*-illery b
meters, is structural st
uc
ural st
equipped to tempa;
srra'~. up io 12 m
eel frame constru
eelframe with slag tick wal
r heavy goods and had equii.
et6ra to
r_ticn xith?slagebT'riKdviani.
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ls..
,ent f,;r he
~ x `0 x k~
g,
at
:
24. The foatndry repair sha
rolling and for 'cool rep
we.s undertaken. The bui
slag brick walls.
25. The structural steel div~
th~eddid electric~vel8.:ng
fence ind~?xiPs?
was a ui
eirs.g AePtimwiae
iZiag, p0 x ~40 x 1
aioa produced ste
equ'_pmeat? It p
-t 31s
a
nteon horrPver t~~s to fee
5 meters; to 9LrL'~t;lrpl BtP.
al Frames for isctary ahcpa
roduced s:;r:lctcral steel for
~- 8 +
P.,',. ~eame~kk
and had
almost
]
tr
i
.
~6? 'ras z~lling mil'_ produced,
be+~ - maxim;tm heigat oS
:~ailxoade. 'lh~+ building,
? compressed sir station
o produced
s'l kinds of sec
lk ,,eatima;?a;.,s)