BOLESLAW CHROBRY COKE AND CHEMICAL PLANT IN WALBRZYCH

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• Publication Date: April 2, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws. TWO
18, U.B.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
Boleslaw Chrobry Coke and Chemical
Plant in Walbrzych
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2 April 1957
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sketch of the coke
and chemical plant's layout in Walbrzych Waldenburg).
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Bolealaw Chrobry Coke and Chemical Plant
in Walbrzych
DATE OF INFORMATION
PLACE ACQUIRED
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE DISTR. 15 ) 1957
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Boleelaw Chrobry Coke and Chemical Plant
General Information
The
plant was directly subordinate to the Central Administration
of Coke-Chemical Industry (Centralay Zarzod Przemyslu
Koksochemidsnego) which in turn was under the jurisdiction
of the Ministry of Mining Industry (Ministerstwo Gornictwg).
The plant was located on the south side of Walbrzych. Dir-
ector of the plant was Josef ERZEPEK, a civilian. The entire
plant worked on three shifts per day, employing about 1200
people including administration persongel. The plant covered
an area of about 23,000 square meters.
Pinpoint .4ecation
Fi e 1 one gri an oven
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pointed the location of the Coke and Chemical' Plant. Num-
bers In parentheses below refer to numbers on the overlay.
(1) Town of:SMiebodzice (Freiburg I. Schl.).
(2) Road - led from Walbrzych, Point (4) to Swiebodzice.
(3) Railroad - a double-track line leading from Walbrzych to
Swiebodzice.
(4) Town of Walbrzych.
(5) Plant Area.
Site Layout
Inclosure 1 In
in Walbrzych. Numbers
on the sketch.
sketch of the Coke and Chemical Plant
In parentheses below refer to numbers
(1) Road - gravel packed, six meters wide, leading from the
plant. All roads within the plant were cobblestone.
(2) Tar Basins - concrete constructions measuring 40x28 and
two meters deep.
(a) Narrow Gauge Railroad Line.
(3) Building - single-story, under construction.
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(4) Loading Ramp - a concrete and wooden construction meas-
uring 80 meters long and 30 meters wide.
(5) Railroad Car Weighing Station.
(6) Railroad Car Weighing Station.
(7) Water Distillery Building - a concrete construction
measuring 30X2OXl8 meters.
(8) Unloading Ramp a brick and steel construction mexsur
ing 40x5X6 meters. It served for unloading raw materi-
als.
(9) Tar Pumping Station.- a one-story, brick construction
measuring 20x6X5 meters, connected with point 8 .
(10) Railroad Car Elevator - a steel structure with storage
space on the top floor. The elevator delivered rail-
road cars with raw materials to the street level where
the material was unloaded manually and distributed to
various sections of the plant.
(11) Building - a two-story, brick and reinforced-steel con-
struction measuring 25X10X10 meters. It was planned to
convert this building into a tar boiler plant; however,
the plan was not carried out.
(12) Storage building - a brick and reinforced-concrete con-
struction consisting of only four protective walls
measuring 30X15 meters. It contained four steel stor-
age tanks for tar with a capacity of 500 tons each.
(13) Storage Building - same as Point (12) above. It had
three storagetanks with a capacity of 1000 tons each.
(14) Compressor and Pumping Section - a single-story, brick
construction,imeasuring 20X15X6 meters.
(15) Storage Building - a one-story , brick and reinforced-
steel construction, measuring 30X15X8 meters. Raw
materials and some finished products were stored there.
(16) Electric Shops and Apprentice School - a one-story,
L-shaped building of brick construction measuring
30X2018X8 meters. The northern wing housed a plant
abhool for apprentice electricians.
(17) Water Cooling Tower - a wooden structure 35 meters high.
(18) Building - a two-story, brick construction measuring
35X15X12 meters. It housed water pumping equipment and
workshops.
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(19) Supply Building - a two-story, brick construction
measuring 15X8110 meters. It housed some offices, and
protective clothing was stored there.
(20) Electric Power Sub-Station - it housed transformers
which distributed power to the tar production section.
(21) Tar Distillery Hall - a brick and reinforced steel con-
struction measuring 50127X25 meters.
(22) Tar Storage Area - fenced in by brick walls, measured
22X14 meters, and housed four containers for the residue,
of tar processed at Point (21) above.
(23) Tar Processing Building - housed one large container
heated with gas where water was extracted from tar dur-
ing processing.
(24) Barracks - a one-story, wooden construction measuring
614x4 meters, where equipment for the fire station,
Point (45), was stored.
(25) Garage - a one-story, brick structure measuring 2515X5
meters, where five to six plant vehicles were parked.
(26) Laboratory a one-story, brick construction measuring
2515X5 meters with a basement. This laboratory was
utilized by the entire plant.
(27) Storage Area - fenced in by brick walls, it housed four
1N-ton, two 1000-ton and eight 500-ton containers for
finished products.
(28) Administration Building - a three-story, brick construc-
tion, stucco finished, measuring 18112X15 meters. It
housed administration offices of the plant.
(29) Administration Building - a three-story, stone construc-
tion with a tile roof, measuring 18X22116 meters with a
basement. It housed a canteen for the plant personnel
and administration offices.
(30)
Administration Building - a two-story, brick construc-
tion with a tile roof, measuring 1510 meters. It
housed administration offices of the tar production sec-
tion.
(31) Barracks - a one-story, woode* structure with a tarpaper
roof, measuring 20X5X5 meters. It housed a shoeshop,
paint shop, and a small canteen.
(32) Barracks a one-story, L-shaped brick construction with
a tarpaper roof, measuring 12110X815 meters. It housed
an apprentice shop.
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(33) Building - a four-story, brick construction measuring
20120118 meters. An anthracene was stored in one part
of the building; the rest was not utilized.
(34) Building - a brick construction with a tarpaper roof.
It housed various transformers.
(35) Road - gravel-packed and cobblestone, seven meters wide,
and named Przemyslowa Street, It led from town to the
plant.
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
Building - under construction. It was designed to house
plant personnel, shower rooms, and dressing room..
Barracks - a one-story, wooden structure with a tarpaper
roof. It measured 12X5X5 meters and housed a carpenter
35X1515 meters.
shop.
Brick Garages.
Fenced-in Coal Storage Area.
Machine Shop - a one-story, brick structure measuring
(41) Quarters - a two-story, brick structure with a tarpaper
root measuring 21X10110 meters. It housed employees of
the mines adjacent to the
(42) Administration Building - same as Point (41) above. It
housed the director and administration persanndicof;the
sulphuric acid plant, Point (70), as indicated with
broken line.
(43) Quarters - same as Point (41) above. It housed employees
of the sulphuric acid plant, Point (70).
(44) Building - a one-story, brick structure with a tarpaper
root measuring 4011215 meters. It housed a,library,
reading rooms, first aid station and a meeting hall.
(45) Fire Station - a one-story, brisk structure with a tar-
paper root, measuring 30110X5 meters. In addition to
tire fighting equipment, it also housed some offices.
(46) Supply - a one-story, concrete structure' with a tarpaper
roof, measuring 40X615 meters.' It housed various tech-
nical parts and tools for the sulphuric acid plant.
(47)
Gas Tank a steel construction with a 5000-cubic-meter
capacity.
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(48) Building - a four-story, concrete construction measur-
ing 50X20X25 meters. It was not used.
(49) Railroad Spin - a single-track Naropean Standard Getutge
(ESG) line leading to the coke plant.
(50) Coke Oven Battery,
(51) Railroad Spur - a single-track SSG line leading to the
(52)
(53)
(54)
(55)
(56)
plant.
Coal Processing Building.
Railroad Line - a single-track ESG line leading to the
plant.
Railroad Line - same as Point (53) above.
Railroad Station -called "Walbrzych Fabryczny".
Administration Building - a three-story, brick structure
with a tile roof, It measured 12X12X15 meters and housed
laboratory and offices of the coke plant.
(57) Gas Tank.- a steel construction w4tb a 20,000 cubic-meter
cap city.
(58) Water Cooling Tower - 20 meters high.
(59) Acid Plant.
(60) Sensol Production Building.
(61) Production Hall and Distillery Building.
(62) Railroad Car Weighing Station.
(63) Railroad Spur - a single-tradk8 line leading to the
plant.
(64) Coke Production Hall - not used.
(65) Railroad Spur- a single-track ESQ line leading to the
plant.
(66) Railroad Spur - same as Point (65) above.
(67} Railroad Spur - same as Point (65) above.
(68) An area where underground installation was planned.
(N)
Coal Storage Area.
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(7) Sulphuric Acid Plant Area.
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in Walbrzych.
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