POWER PLANT AT BLACHOWNIA SLASKA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006900470002-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Power Plant at Blachownia SA&A_,
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR, RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
Poles began clearing away the rubble around the power plant. They probably
began renovating the buildings a short time later. The Poles intend to do
all the reconstruction work on the buildings and foundations without foreign
help. They must complete the construction work by the fall of 1956, since
the first new machines are scheduled to be put into operation at about that
tile. All the machinery for the plant is to be constructed in Western
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ment. The coal bunkers at the power plant were still in excellent shape.
The bottom sections of the cooling towers were still serviceable but the
top sections had been dismantled and needed replacement. Parts of the
smokestacks were. still standing but it appeared that the smokestacks would
have to be completely rebuilt. The area surrounding the power plant was
covered with wreckage and it was obvious that a good deal of work would
be necessary to clean it up.
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struetion of the power plant and in November 1954 the old power plant
and the surrounding territory were carefully examined by a group of
Polish and Western European engineers. The examination established
that the buildings were still in fairly good shape and could, after
renovation, be utilized to house much of the new power plant. The
old boiler foundations were strong enough for the new boilers scheduled
for installation and did not have to be repaired. The old turbine founda-
tions were too small for the new turbines, so plans were made to dynamite
them and replace them with new foundations. The control panel had been
completely destroyed by an aerial bomb, so plans were made for a replace-
2. Shortly after the examination of the building site in November 1954, the
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tion plant at l-lachotan o nor in nnj of tiln .ln..: w. ,ze).ghbor"rood,
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