CONSTRUCTION OF ALIVERI POWER STATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A005200030002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The Aliveri Power Station (380 23' 15" N x 240 3' 6" E) is located on
the west coast of the island of Euobea, about 25 miles south of the
city of Chalchis. The station,is on the east coast of Aliveri Bay and
south of the village of Aliveri.
2. This station is approximately 60 per cent completed at the present time.
The schedule calls for the station to be completed by April 1953 and to
go into operation in July 1953? they will
not meet this schedule but that it should be completed shortly after these
dates. Transmission lines from the station to Athens are sched led for
completion`at the same time. The plant is a combination.of US and
European equipment. Principal problems have been difficulty in obtaining
materials In the US and somee difficulty with labor at the plant site.
Greek laborers are being used, and while they are very slow, they do a
creditable job.
3. Most of the power generated will be used in the city of Athens. Athens'
main supplier-of power is the Athens-Pireaus Power Company. At present,
all power :s .generated by oil which must be imported. One of the reasons
for the construction of this plant is the location nearby of large amounts
of peat. The boilers of the plant will be constructed so as to utilize this
peat for heat.
4. The plant will be a semi-outdoor plant. Most buildings are being constructed.
of reinforced concrete because of shortages of other materials. Generating
equipment will consist of four Babcock Wilcox boilers, capacity 182,000 lbs./
hr., adapted to peat,' and two 30,000 kw steam turbine generators, 3000 RPM,
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manufactured by AEG (Allegemeine Elektricitat G;esellheft) in West Berlins
These generator ex e classed. as 34,000 kw, and have a maximum capability
of 37,500 kw. Transformers are being produced in Italy by Magrini Bergamo 0
The four boilers have arrived and are being put in place o One of the
turbines has arrived and will. be put in place as soon as the turbine founda-
tions are completed. The other turbine is scheduled for shipment from
Berlin on 15 July. No trouble is anticipated so far as completion and
shipment are concerned. The t o stem condensers, 2800 sq. meters each,
were purchased from AEG and have been delivered.
5. The peat deposits are located to the north of Aliveri and have been used
locally for centuries. These deposits will be developed on a large scale
by a US engineering company and a narrow gauge railroad will be constructed
for transport of peat from the mines to the power station. Chemical analysis
of the peat is as follows:
Per Cent
Carbon 29
Hydrogen 6
Oxygen 39
Sulfur 1
Ash 25
6o Physical analysis is as follows:
Moisture 35
Volatile matter 24
Fixed carbon 16
Ash 25
Sulfur 08
Heating Value (high) - 2780 kg calories/kg
Fusing Temp Ash 11800 C
Ash Fluid Temp 1205? C
Grindability (Bardgrove) ? 22
ffvailable on loan from the CIA Library are the following drawings of the
Aliveri Station:
vlO Switchy^ d Layout Section and Details; 27 June 19529 g 3032?1
Switchyard Layout Plan.- 27 June 1952; Dug 3031-1
Plot Plan and Yard; 1:1000; June 1951; Dvg 21O1-
rte/ Basement Floor Plan; 1:1008 October 1951; Dwg 2102-2
/ Operating Floor Plan; 1:100; October 1951; Dig 2103?1
Plans of Platforms and Floors at Top of ' ere Dr Leve1.~ I ?atiang
Heater No0 3 and Heater No0 3 Storage Tank; 1:100; October 1951, g 2105-1
l il. General Arrangement Cross Sectional Elevation "B B" and Section "D-V',
1:1008 October 19518 Ding 2107-1
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General Arrangement Cross Sectional Elevation "A A!'; 10100;
October 1951; Dwg 2106-1
General Arrangement Longitudinal Section Elevation ""C-C""; 1:100;
October 1951; Dwg 2108-1
40. Grading Plan; 10500; October 1951; Dwg 4001-6
,11. East Elevation, 10100; October 1951; Dwg 4301-3
rA2a North Elevation; 10100; June 1952; Dwg 4302-3
e3a South Elevation; 10100; June 1952; Dwg 4303-3
V1/4. West Elevation; 10100; June 1952; Dwg 4304-3
,15o Basement Floor Plan; 10100; June 1952; Dwg 4305-3
o Operating Floor Plan and Top of Bunker Plan; 1:100; June 1952; Dwg 4306-3
17. Office Building, Plana and Elevations; varying scales; January 1952;
Dwg 4315
L18. Service Building, Plans and Elevations; varying scales; April 1952;
Dwg 4317-1
)-9o Chlorine House, Ash Disposal Blower House and Motor Control Center
Enclosure; varying scales; June 1952; Dwg 4319-1
moo Operating Floor-Boiler Room; varying scales; June 1952; Dwg 4010-2
Miscellaneous Platforms in Boiler Room Sheet No. 1; varying scales;
June 1952; Dwg 4011-1
L2 , Miscellaneous Platforms in Boiler Room Sheet No. 2; varying scales;
June 1952; Dwg 4012-1
,23' Harbor Improvement Drawing; 1:1000; June 1952; Dwg 4014
Turbo-Generator Enclosure; 10100; May 1952; Dwg 4020-2
25 . Lignite Bunker Enclosure; varying scales; June 1952; Dwg 4022-1
1- Basement Plant; 10100; June 1952; Dwg 4054-oll,
1,27, Building Framing-Column Row No. 5; varying scales; February 1952; Dwg 4056-3
e Building Framing-Column Row No, 6; varying scales; February 1952; Dwg 4057-3
Operating Floor Framing Turbine Room and Bunker Bay; 10100; November.1951;
Dwg 4061-3
,36e Operating Floor - Turbine Room and Bunker Bay Bolting Plan - Sections and
Details; varying scales; May 1952; Dwg 4062-7
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~31o Heater Storage Tank Floor; varying scales; February 1952; Dwg 4063-7
Column Schedule; varying scales; February 1952; Dwg 4064-7
B3e Transverse Framing - Bunker Bay; varying scales; February 1952; Dvg 4065-7
L3#; Operating Floor Turbine Room and Bunker Bay Sections and Details; varying
scales; March 1952; Dwg 4069-5
Turbo-Generator Foundation; varying scales; January 1952; Dwg 4070-3
v36o Turbo-Generator Foundation Sections and Details - Sheet No, 1; varying
scales; December 1952; Dwg 4071-2
Turbo-Generator Foundation Sections and Details - Sheet No. 2; varying
scales; December 1952; Dwg 4072-2
t36e Turbo-Generator Foundation Sections and Details - Sheet No. 3; varying
scales; January 1952; Dwg 4087-3
/390 Turbo-Generator Foundation Piers - Sections and Details; 1:50; November
1951; Dwg 4088-2
Oo Turbo-Generator Foundation Sections and Details - Sheet No. 4; 1:50;
January 1952; Dvg 4089-3
/tee Lignite Bunker Framing; varying scales; June 1952; Dwg 4153-2
k G#2, Zusammenstellung (Section Through Turbine); AEG; 1:10; May 1952; Dwg 571296
Entgaser (Denerator); AEG; varying scales; November 1951; Dwg H 16330a
/l a Circulating Water Pump; Halberg; 1:25; March 1952; Dwg C544.7162
o Anordnung von Kabeln and Klemmbrettern; 1:10 & 1:50; AEG; Dwgs 361654 & 361655
Vertikal-Kondensat-Pumpe; 1:25; Halberg; March 1952; Dwg 854140185
Fundamentplen; 1:20; AEG; February 1952; Dwg 428858
Fertikal-lcondensat-Pumpe; 1:5;,Halberg; September 1951; Dwg B544.01223
V Denerator Storage Tank; no
July 1951; Dwg H 16329a
scale; Maschinenbau-Aktiengesellschaft Balcke;
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1. Aerial photo of peat mine area showing location of new mines,
alinement of road and railroad from Aliveri to the mines (1951),
20 Aerial photo,~scale 1:2500, of Aliveri Bay, location of the
power station, and the city of Aliveri7
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Sehwaden-Kondensattor (vent Condenser); varying scales; Masehinenbau-
Aktiengesellschaft Balcke; July 1951; Dwg H 16331a
Anschlusse fs Oberflo - Kondensator; 1:20 &1:5; AEG; July 1951
Type MFR 150 Oil Poor Circuit Breaker; Magrini Bergamo; October 1951;
Dwg A45225
Type E35SCDR Oil Circuit Breaker; 1:10; Magrini Bergamo; October 1951:
Dwg 34921
Drehatrom-01-Transformator (Outline Drawing, Main Transformer); varying
scales; AEG; January 1952; Dwg st-9020194
Disposition der Temperaturmessansehlusse; 1:20; AEG; November 1951;
Dwg 348416
Available for inspection and selection from Graphics Register are the
following:
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