DANUBE RIVER PORT AT KOMARNO

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• Publication Date: October 7, 1953
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The entire Danube River left bank from the intersection of the Little Danube (Maly
Dunaj) with the Danube to the western end of the Danube arm belongs to the Komarno
port area. The port area is about three kilometers long in all. The bank here
has stone reinforcements.
2. The port has good railroad facilities. A freight station (No. 6 on the sketch)
is located in the middle of it, just east of the bridge (No. 10 on the sketch), and
is for the exclusive use-of the port. The tracks for freight trains in the port area
run right alongside the river bank, which means convenient railroad connections for al;
port installations. These tracks lead into the Komarno railroad station (No. 1 on
the sketch), which is located in the northern part of the city and from which
single- track lines lead to Nove Zamky, Guts, and Bratislava. The track section of
the freight station is about 750 meters long.
3. Towards the city, the entire length of the port area is enclosed by a two-meter-high
wire fence with iron posts. The gates to the port area are closely guarded by the
Czechoslovak police; personnel employed at the port have permanent passes, issued
especially for them.
4. Three piers (No. 21 on the sketch) are situated in the eastern part of the port,
east of the Danube bridge (No. 10 on the sketch). Three electric revolving cranes
on rails (No. 18 on the sketch) take care of freight transferring needs there.
5. The western part of the port from the bridge to the new shipyard is about 500 meters
long and has two or three tracks for freight trains. It also contains four large
storage buildings (No. 17 on the sketch) for concrete, and four cranes (No. 18 on the
sketch) of the same type as those in the eastern port, each with a three-ton capacity,
do the loading there. A new grain storage building (No. 15 on the sketch), measuring
about 50 by 30 meters and between five and eight stories high, stands inside the
western edge of the port area.
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6, The port section (No. 16 on the sketch) located in front of the grain storage.buildirn
is used as a pier by Sovromtrans (Soviet-Rumanian Navigation Company-SRT).
7. The west bank of the northern part of the Danube arm (No. S on the sketch) is occupied
by the new Skoda shipyard (No-4 on the sketch). The shipyard area, which is
continually being enlarged, measures about 500 by 200 meters and is enclosed by a
2.5-meter wire fence. A'track for freight trains leads into the area from the east.
Up'to the time of observation, four large workshops (a on the sketch) and two
docks (b on the sketch), with numerous smaller installations, are operating there.
The large shops measure about 80 by 40 meters, are constructed of concrete and
have arched glass roofs. The docks can accommodate two or three ships at a time.
8. About 2,000 workers are employed in the shipyard. After the completion of the yard,
to be accomplished in 1953, it is intended to use it principally for the
construction of Don and Volga River vessels for the USSR, with three to four months
required for the construction of each vessel. The shipyard?s machines are highly
modern and almost without exception are of Czechoslovak manufacture.
9,, Another shipyard (No. 7 on the sketch) lies on the eastern end of the peninsula
(called the Island - No. 9 on the sketch) which is formed by the Danube River
and the arm and has been operating for quite some time. After being completely
destroyed by American bombs during the war, the shipyard was reconstructed as'soon as
the war was over and was declared Soviet property. The Soviet shipping company,
the SDGP, supervises the entire installation through experts, all of whom are
Soviet nationals. Three Danube River tugboats are being built here simultaneously,
with three to four months allowed for the construction.
10o Small residential developments have been built on the peninsula west of the
bridges (Nos, 10 and 11 on the sketch). The south bank of the Danube arm,
is not reinforced, A, bathing beach measuring about 600 meters in length is boated
in the immediate vicinity of the bridge (No, 10 on the sketch)
11, The old fortreee of Komar-no located on the point of land between the Little
Danube and the Danube ie oooupiod by infe,nity u tte,
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Legend:
1. Komarno Railroad.Station.
2. Komarom Railroad Station (Hungary).
3. Meszhart Pier.
4. New Skoda Shipyard.
5. Pier for Bauxite Ships.
6. Kgmarno Freight Station.
7. Soviet Shipyard SDGP.
8. Danube Branch with Port.
9. Peninsula.
10. Bridge.
11. Bridge.
12. Overpass.
13. Destroyed Railroad Bridge.
14. Railroad Overpass.
15. Grain Storage Building.
16. ?SRT Pier.
17. Storage Buildings.
18. Electric Cranes.
19. Main Building of Freight Station.
20. Port Administration, Port Police and Customs Office.
21. Permanent Piers.
22. Fortress of Komarno.
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