CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ALUMINUM PLANT NEAR STALINGRAD

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• Publication Date: April 28, 1955
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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Stalingrad Oblast)
SUBJECT Construction of a New Aluminum Plant near
Stalingrad
PLACE
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COUNTRY USSR REPOR
TOPIC Construction of a New Aluminum Work near Stalingrad
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1. The construction of the new aluminum plant near Stalingrad which was
generally called Alumiumstroj 1 plant, was executed by a building trust
in Stalingrad. The designs for the aluminum works were made in a Leningrad
designs bureau. The new aluminum works was located on the northern edge of
Stalingrad, 4 or 5 km north of the "Dzerhinski" Tractor Plant, immediately
north of a former airfield. The Stalingrad - Samofalovka (48?56'N/44?ll'E)
railroad line passed the construction site on the north. The construction
od a spur track from the area of the new aluminum works to this railroad line
was being prepared; several factory tracks had been completed. A new
asphalt road which was 6 meters wide extended from the periphery of
Stalingrad via f newly constructed factory settlement to the building yard
of the project.
2. Construction work for the new project was started about mid-1952. During
the first stage of construction work, the building yard was erected. This
installation was scheduled to be completed by late 1953. Leveling work
in the factory area proper was begun in late in late 1953. The production
shops were to be erected in 1954. Theses workshops were to be completed
within one year
aluminum parts for the aircraft and automobile
industry were to be man actured at the plant. The bauxite deposits available
immediately north of the factory were to be exploited for the production of
aluminum. The new aluminum works was scheduled to become the largest and
most modern plant of its kind in the USSR.
the new enterprise was to be part of a large complex o industrial
installations scheduled to be built on both sides of the Volga River some
kilometers north of Stalingrad. These industrial enterprises were to be
,furnished with electric power by a new power station which was to be
alongside a dam across, the Volga River some kilometers north of Stalingrad.
the building yard of the project was to be
provided with 7 cement bunkers each 11 meters high, 2 mixing bunkers
provided with compartments for the separate storage of mixtures, a
factory railroad station to the southwest of the building yard, a spur
track extending to the main railroad line, and 11 factory tracks. The
building yard was also to be equipped with automatic loading devices
such as conveyer belts and worm-gear conveyers. The building yard was to
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manufacture concrete section of a total of 1,200 cubic meters of concrete
in one day during three shifts. At least 10 large workshops with spans of
up to 65 meters gnd lengths of up to several hundred meters were to be
built for the aluminum works. By late 1953, the construction of the
building yard had not yet been completed because of delays in the erection
of the concrete plant. Only a boiler house and a temporary power station
were in operation. In another workshop, wire netting used for the
manufacture of concrete construction units was produced. Some storage
sheds were also in use, and the garage was scheduled to be put into
operation oil October 1953. 2In 1953, a Ukrainian called Uuyev (fnu)
was construction supervisor.
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The aluminum works was to cover an area of about 7.5 square kilometers.
By late 1953, no buildings had been erected in this area except for some
wooden sheds which housed bulldozers and construction machines. Only
leveling and surveying work was done. The area of the building yard was
surrounded by a fence; several factory roads were available. Installations
completed in the area of the building yard included one large concrete
plant, 1 boiler house, 1 temporary power station, 1 workshop for the
manufacture of wire netting, 1 garage, 1 administration building, 1 utility
building with kitchen and PX shop, several storage sheds and loading ramps,
in addition to several other building of undetermined purpose. Most of
these buildings were not in operation in late 1953? Power was supplied via
a high tension line from a power station in Stalingrad. Two Diesel generators
were available for emergency. In 1953, the water pipe was built from the
Volga River to the building yard.
No production of aluminum had been started by late 1953. The aluminum works
will be supplied with raw materials arriving by barge on the Volga River.
Materials required for the erection of the construction yard arrived by
filly 250 to 300 PWs
were employed on the construction site. X30 to 50 1'Soviet workers
were employed as foremen, cranemen, and supervisors. Only one shift was
worked from 0800 to 1700 hours on week days, The factory yard was
surrounded by a 3-meter high board fence which was additionally secured by
several strands of barbed wire. Nine watchtowers which had been built along
the fence were permanently occupied.3
Comment. For location sketch of the hJuminiumstroj 1 plant, see Annex 1.
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ht. 707 Layout sketch of the Aluminiumstroj 1 plant, see
Annex 2.
omment. The report indicates that the Aluminiumstroj 1 plant will
become a large and modern aluminum works. The statement that comparatively
few PWs and Soviet skilled workers w#re employed on the erection of the
construction yard appears strange. If it is correct, itisbelieved improbable
that the construction yard started the manufacture of concrete sections
required for the construction of the aluminum works proper in early 1954?
The difficulties may be connected with the large number of new construction
projects undertakerf in the Stalingrad area after the war.
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Location of the Aluminiumstroj 1 Plant near Stalingrad.
Legend:
1 - Area of the aluminium plant
2 - Building yard of the aluminum plant
3 - Factory settlement nearing completion in the fall of 1953. The
settlement consisted of 15 to 20 buildings including 10 single-story
wooden buildings housing four .ilies, the remainder three-story
brick buildings for 6 to 8 families.
- Asphalt road 6 meters wide.
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Layout of the Aluminiumstroi 1 Plant near Stalingrad.
Legend:
1 - Concrete plant
a - Building about 300 x 40 meters equipped with an inclined conveyer
belt for the transportation of sand and gravel.
b - Wing about 100 x 30 meters housing seven cement bunkers, each
about 7 meters in diameter.
c - Building 50 x 30 meters with a brick tower 24 meters high, which
housed a large concrete mixing plant.
aluminum powder.was to be mixed with the concre e
manufactured at this plant.
This concrete was called "gas concrete",
2 - White brick building, about 20 x 8 meters. In June 1953, three stories
of the structure were completed. The building the purpose of which was
unknown contained small rooms.
- A structure built of white bricks about 30 x 12 x 8 meters with large
windows; the central portion of the structure had four stories, otherwise
the building was single-story.
- Two-story building of white bricks about 100 x 25 x 10 meters with
large windows in wooden frames measuring about 3 x 4 meters. The
wooden roof was covered with roofing felt. The building was completed
in September 1953 but not yet equipped. Information on its utilization
was not available. The building was called "DOSE".
5 - Wooden shed.
6 -- Utility building housing the kitchen and PX shop. It is a single-st=y
structure of white bricks, about 30 x 12 meters. The roof consisted of
eternit slabs. In September 1953, the building was not yet equipped.
7 - Single-story storage shed built of white bricks, about 80 x 20 meters.
The eastern portion of the building had two stories. Loading ramps were
being built on both sides of the shed.
8 - Covered storage site with loading ramps on its two sides. The storage
site measured about 40 x 10 meters, the roof was about 4.5 meters wide.
Each of the two ramps was 10 meters wide and about 2 meters above ground.
9 - Factory tracks.
10 - Water pipe-line, the pipes had a diameter of 25 to 28 cm. The water
supply system was put into operation in the summer of 1953.
11 - Two-story administration building of white bricks, about 30 x 15 x 7
meters. The roof consisted of eternit slabs. In late 1953, the plaster
work of the building was not yet completed and the building itself was
not yet equipped.
12 - Blacksmith shop of white bricks, about 15 x 9 meters, with slanting roof
covered with roofing felt.
13 - Temporary concrete mixing plant installed in a wooden shed about 20 x 6
meters.
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14 - Wooden shed, 20 x 6 meters, separated by a brick wall in the
middle. The shed housed two Diesel generators.
15 - Boiler house of white bricks, about 30 x 15 x 10 meters; the
foundations of the building were four meters deep. The roof
consisted of a steel skeleton covered with concrete slabs. A
smokestack about 50 meters high was erected. The boiler house
was scheduled to house three boilers. One boiler was in operation
in October 1953?
16 - Workshop of white bricks, about 25 X 12 meters provided with a
wooden roof covered with eternit slabs. The workshop was used
for the manufacture of wire netting.
17 - White brick building, about 12 x 8 meters, provided with wooden
roof covered with tar paper. The building housed two messhalls
which were used daily.
18 - Garage of white bricks with flat wooden roof, about 50 x 20 meters
with a truck repair shop; scheduled to be put into operation on
1 October 1953.
19 - New workshop of white bricks, about 100 x 50 x 16 meters, provided
with large windows. The steel skeleton roof was still under
construction in September 1953.
20 - Temporary water line leading to the Volga River.
21 - Guard house.
22 - Board fence.
23 - Factory roads, not all of them had been asphalted by 1953? All the
roads were 6 meters wide.
24 - Covered storage sites for lumber, each about 10 x 6 meters.
25 - Lumber yard.
26 - Watch towers.
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COUNTRY USSR
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TOPIC
Construction of a New Aluminum ':pork near Stalingrad
EVALUATiON
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.REFERENCES
'AGES z ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) 2s etches on ditto? A; ++?
REMARKS
1. The construction of the new aluminum plant near Stalingrad which was
generally called Alumiumstroj 1 plant, was executed by a building trust
in Stalingrad. The designs for the aluminum works were made in a Leningrad
designs bureau. The new aluminum works was located on the northern edge of
Stalingrad, 4 or 5 km north of the "Dzerhinski" Tractor Plant, immediately
north of a former airfield. The Stalingrad - Samofalovka (48?56'N/44?11sE)
railroad line passed the construction site on the north. The construction
of a sour track from the area of the new aluminum works to this railroad line
was being prepared; several factory tracks had been compietedv A new
asphalt road which was 6 meters wide extended from the periphery of
Stalingrad via T newly constructed factory settlement to the building yard
of the project.
2~, Construction work for the new project was started about mid-1952.. During
the first stage of construction work, the building yard was erected. This
installation was scheduled to be completed by late 1953. Leveling work
in the factory area proper was begun in late in late 1953, The production
shops were to be erected in 1954. These workshops were to be completed
within one year
aluminum parts for the aircraft and automobile
industry were to be manufactured at the plant. The bauxite deposits available
immediately north of the factory were to be exploited for the production of
aluminum. The new aluminum works was scheduled to become the largest and
moat modern plant of its kind in the USSR.
the new enterprise was to be part of a large complex of industrial
installations scheduled to be built on both sides of the Volga River some
kilometers north of Stalingrad,, These industrial enterprises were to be
furnished with electric power by a new power station which was to be
alongside a dam across the Volga River some kilometers north of Stalingrad.
the building yard of the project was to be
provided with 7 cement bunkers each 11 meters. high, 2 mixing bunkers
provided with compartments for the 'separate storage of mixtures, a
factory railroad station to the southwest of the building yard, a spur
track extending to the main railroad line, and 11 factory tracks. The
building yard was also to be equipped with automatic loading devices
such as convener belts and worm-gear conveyers. The building yard was to
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manufacture concrete section of n to-*.-al of 1,200 civic meters of concrete
in one day during three 7ts. At least 10 large w rkshopr with spans of
up to `5 meters and lengths of up to several hun red meters were to be
built for the aluminum a^ r~.s By late 1955, the construction of the
building yard had. not yet been c pleted because of delays in the erection
of the concrete plant. Only a boiler house - a to:.j orarr power station
::,ere in o~~eration. In uav,';her orksho~., -..ire netting used for the
manufacture of concrete ccnstruction units was ,roduced. Some storage
sheds were also in use, and the garage was scheduled to be put into
operation rnl October 195.3., 2In l9`5, a Ukrairien called X' uyev (fnu)
was construction supervisor.;
3 The aluminum works was to cover an area.. of about 7-,5 square kilometers
By late 1953, no buildl4Ut had b)en erected in thi area except for some
wooden sheds which housed bulldozers r-nd construction machines. Only
leveling sand surt*eyin w^ri: was done The area of tie building yard was
surrounded b.; a fence; several factory roads were available, Installations
completed in the area of the building yard included one large concrete
plant, 1 1:oiler house, 1 temporar, -:over station, I workshop for the
manufacture of wire netting, 1 garage, 1 ad:-inistration buildinJ, 1 utility
building with kitchen e,nd PX shop, several storage sheds and loadin ramps,
in addition to several other building of unaeteri:iined urpo e. Most of
these buildings were not in operation in late 1953. Power was supplied via
.a high tension line from a power station in Stalingrad. Two Diesel 3eneratore
,sere available for emergency. In 1953, the water pipe was built from the
Volga River to the building yard.
q.. No production of aluminum; had been started by late 1953. The aluminum works
will be supplied :,.ith raw materials arriving by barge on the Volga. River.
materials required for the erection of the construction 'ard arrived by
truck
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only 250 to 300 P. s
were er~rpl:)yed on the construction site. From 30 to 50 Soviet .%rookers
were employed as foremen, cra-semen, and supervisors. Only one shift was
worked from 0800 to 1700 hours on week days, The factory yard was
surrounded by a 3-,meter high board fence which was additionally secured by
several strands of barbed wire. ?Tine watchtowers ,rhich had been built along
the fence were permanently occupied.3
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Comment.., For Layout sketch of the Aluminiumstroj 1 plant, see
Comment. For location sketch of the 1uminiiirastroj 1 plant, see Annex 1.,
Comrrtent. The report indicates that the :lluminiumstroj 1 plant will
become a large and modern aluminum works. The statement that comparatively
few .s and Soviet skilled workers were employed on the erection of the
c,:.nstruction yard appears strange. If it is correct, it isbelieved improbable
that the construction yard started the manufacture of concrete sections
required for the construction of the aluminum works -,roper in early 1954.
The difficulties may be connected with the large n mber of flew construction
projects undertaken in the Stalingrad area after the war.
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Location of the Alm.iniumstroj 1 Plant near 3ta1i 'g'rade
Legend :
1 - Area of the aluminium plant
2 - Buildinj yard o the aluminum rl:Ant
Frctor r settlement nearing c+_'mpletion in the fall of 1953:- The
settlement consisted of 15 to 2'v bui1__i:s includin, 10 single-story
gooden buildings housing four fo ilies j the remainder three-story
brie=. buildings or 6 to F families.,
As,:halt road 6 meters -,vide,
5 - Forcer airfield.
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La; out of the Alu-niniurns`:^r,j 1 Plant near Stabn,,rad.
Legend:
1 - Concrete plant
a - Building about 300 x 40 meters equipped with an inclined conveyer
belt for the transportation of sand rand "ravel,
b - ';ling about 100 x 30 meters housing seven cement bunkers, each
abr,ut 7 meters in diameter.
C Building 50 x 3C meters with a brick tower 24 meters high, which
housed a large concrete mixing plant.
aluminum powder was to be r::ixed viith the concrete
manufactured at this plant.
This concrete was called "gas ccnorete",
2 - White brick building, abcut 20 x o meters. In June 1953, three stories
of the structure were completed. The buildin?;~ the purpose of which was .
unknown contained small rooms,,
3 - A structure built of white bricks about 30 x 12 x 8 meters with large
windows; the central portion of the structure had four stories, otherwise
the building was single-story,
4 - Two-story building of white bricks about 100 x 25 x 10 meters with
large windows in z: oden frames measuring about 3 x 4 meters, The
wooden roof was covered with roofing felt. The building was completed
in September 1953 but not yet equipped.
e building was called "DO5y
6 Utility building housing the kitchen and !?X shop, It is a single-st.oly
structure of white bricks, abut 30 x 12 meters. The roof consisted of
eternit slabs, In September 1953, the building was not yet equipped.,
7 - single-story storage shed built of white bricks, about 80 x 20 meters.
The eastern portion of the building had two stories., Loading ramps were
being built on Loth sides of the. shed.
8 - Covered storage site with loading ra-..ps on its two sides. The store
site measured about 40 x 10 meters, the roof was about 4.5 meters wide.
Each of the two ra-::ps was 10 cietors wide and about 2 meters above ground.
9 - Factory tracks.
10 .later pipe-line, the ;:apes had a diameter of 25 to 2,3 cm. The water
supply system was put into operation in the summ?r of 1953-
11 Two-story administration building; of white bricks, about 30 x 15 x 7
meters. The roof consisted of etarnit slabs. In late 1953, the plaster
work of the building was not yet completed and the building itself was
not yet ecg ipped.
12 - Blacksmith shop of white bricks, about 15 x 9 meters, with slanting roof
covered with roofing felt.
13 Temporary concrete mixing plant installed in a ::wooden shed about 20 x 6
;:peters.
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14 - Woodenohed, 20 x 6 meters, separated by a brick wall in the
middle. The shed housed two Diesel generators.
15 - Boiler house of white bricks, about 30 x 15 x 10 meters; the
fr;unda.tions of the building were four meters deep? Ths roof
consisted of a steel skeleton covered with concrete slabs. A
smokestack about 50 meters high was erected. The boiler house
was scheduled to house three boilers. One boiler was in operation
in October 1953.
16 ':1: orksho_J of white bricks, about 25 x 12 meters provided with a
wooden roof covered with eternit slabs. The workshop was used
for the manufacture of -:ire nettin ,
17 - d:hite brick building, about 12 x 8 meters, provided with wooden
roof covered with tar paper. The building housed two messhalls
which were used dailys
18 - Garage of white bricks with flat wooden roof, about 50 x 20 meters
with a truck repair shop; scheduled to be put into operation on
1 October 1953.
19 - New workshop of white bricks, about 100 x 50 x 16 meters, provided
with large windows? The steel skeleton roof was still under
construction in September 1953-
20 - Temporary water line leading to the Volga River.
21 - Guard house.
22 - Board fence.
23 - Factory roads, not all of them had been as)halted by 1953 All the
roads were 6 meters wide.
24 - Covered storage sites for lumber, each about 10 x 6 meters.
25 - Lumber yard.
26 - ':;atch towers,
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