INSTALLATIONS AND BUILDINGS IN GABROVO (TEXTILE MILLS, MACHINE BUILDING COMBINE, TRANSFORMER STATION, AND DIESEL POWER PLANT)

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• Publication Date: April 9, 1958
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Installations and Buildings in Gabrovo DATE DISTR.
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1. The following is the legend to installations, buildings, etc. shown on he
sketch (Attachment No. 1) 'in Gabrovo:
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1. Yantra Brook
2. Panicharka Brook
3. Sinkevitsa Brook
14. Golo Burdo Hill
5. Bazhdar Hill
6. Bakoyski Bayir Hill
7. Petkova Niva Hill
8. Gradishte Hill
9. Railroad line from Vurbanovo to Gabrovo.)4~j
10. Main road to Turnovo.
11. Main road to Sevlievo.
12. Main road to Velchovtsi ward of Gabrovo and Gachovtsi.
13. Main road to Smirnenski and Toplesh.
14. Main road to Tryavna.
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15. Main road to Kazanluk.
16. Iron railroad bridge with two arches on reinforced concrete foundations.
17. Padalski stone bridge with two stone arches.
18. Livov (Konashki) bridge without arches, capable of withstanding the
weight of heavy German tanks.
19. Baev stone bridge with arches, capable of withstanding the weight of
German tanks.
20. Gornokrayski stone bridge, capable of withstanding the weight of
German tanks.
21. Shavirov bridge with one arch.
22. Bichkinski reinforced conrete bridge with an arch, capable of with-
standing the weight of tanks.
23. Borovski stone bridge with one arch.
2b. Velchovstsi ward of Gabrovo three Kms. southwest of Gabrovo center.
25. Smirnenski ward 3.5 Kms. south of Gabrovo center.
26. Palauzovo ward 3.5 Kms. southeast of Gabrovo center.
27. Boykata ward five Kms. north of Gabrovo center.
28. Likata neighborhood.
29.
30.
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32.
33.
Center of Gabrovo at which there is a clock tower 20 m. high.
Borovo neighborhood and Borovo St.
Gornokrayski neighborhood.
Padalo neighborhood.
Nikolayevska St.
34. Likata St.
35. Kapitan Dedo Nikola St.
36. Aprilov Boulevard.
37. Bazhdar St.
38. Chardafon St.
39. New stadium.
L0. Aprilov sports grounds.
41. Bicycle race course.
42. Graveyards.
43.-l4.-45. Shelters constructed under rocky slopes.
146. "Dr. Vasiliyadis" machinery and electro-technical school. It is a
two-story building 30x15 m. in size and has a foundry, a blacksmith's
shop, an assembly shop, and a lathe shop.
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47.
"Vasil Aprilov" coeducational school. It is a two-story rectangular
stone building 60x15 in. in size.
48. Four-story sanatorium 50x50 in. in size.
49. Four-story workers' dispensary, which has an oval shape and is made
of brick.
50. One-story state hospital.
51. Gabrovo railroad station.
52. Gabrovo transformer station, which transforms 20,000 volts of current
relayed from the transformer station in Gorna Oryakhovitsa into 3,000-
6,000 volts for the town of Gabrovo. The power produced by the
"Bedekt", "Malusha" and "Gramada" power stations is also transformed
and distributed by this transformer station.
539 The "Gramada" DETs (Diesel Electric Power Plant) is located north of
the Livov (Konashki) bridge and has either an eight or a 12-cylinder
generator with a capacity of 3,000 kilowatts.
54. Central Post Office building, which is three stories high, made of
brick, and 2Ox20 in. in size.
55.
First Precinct of the MVR (Ministry of Internal Affairs) and firehouse
with two fire engines.
56. Criminal and economic sections of the MVR.
57. Two-story urban DS (State Security) building.
58, blank
59. A four-story building which houses the Obshtina and Urban Committees
of the BKP (Party), OF (Fatherland Front), and DSNM (Youth) as well as
the Second Precinct of the MVR.
60. Gabrovo branch of the State People's Bank.
61. "Surp i Chuk" Military Equipment Factory, which manufactures shoes and
clothes for the army and civilians and employs about 600 workers working
in three shifts.
62. "Khristo Botev" Leather Factory.
63. Old "Marokinchievtt Leather Factory.
64. "Vasil Levski" Leather Factory.
65. Old "Bratya Kalpazanovi" Leather Factory.
66. A small leather factory.
67. "Khrikon" Cotton Mill, which is a two-story structure 50x30 in. in size.
It employs 100 workers working in three shifts and/ ut 200 modern
looms.
68. "Zoya" Knitting Mill, which employs 600 workers in three shifts.
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69. "Uspekh" Woolen Mill, which is a two-story structure 150x30 in. in
size. On the first floor is the spinning department and on the second
floor is the weaving department with 150 automatic looms. The mill
has also a carding department and employs altogether 700 workers
working in three shifts.
70. "Georgi Genev" Woolen Mill, which employs about 450 workers working
in three shifts.
71. "Petolichka" (Petiletka?) Woolen Mill. It consists of two buildings;
one building containing the weaving department has a chimney, is two
stories high, and 80x140 in. in size; the other building, contains the
carding and spinning departments. The mill employs about 500 workers
working in three shifts.
72. "Burya" Knitting Mill, which employs about 1450 people working in three
shifts.
73. Machine Building Combine, which consists of two buildings connected
by a bridge over the Yantra River. Casting, iron and lathe shops are
in the building on the western side of the river, while the fitting
and machine shops are in the building on the eastern side of the river.
The lathe shop has about 20 lathes. The combine manufactures various
machines, looms, and machine spare parts for various Gabrovo factories.
74.
Old "Bratya Kunevi" Woolen Mill, which is a two story building about
30x80 in. in size and produces blankets and woolen goods.
75. Cotton mill...
76. "Kapitan Dedo Nikola" Button Factory.
77. Woolen Mill.
,78-79. Old "Bratya Kalpazanovi" Woolen Mill. The factory building shown
at No. 78 on the sketch is one story high, about 50x3O in. in size, and
has a'glass roof. The building at No. 79 is two stories high and also
about 50 x 30 in. in size. The carding and spinning departments are in
No. 79.
80-81. "Vasil Kolarov" Cotton Mill (See Attachment No. 2), which consists
of a group of buildings constructed on a lot measuring 150 x 250 square
meters. The combing and spinning departments (probably No. 80 on the
sketch) employ 500 workers, mostly women, workinL- in three shifts. The
washing and weaving departments (probably No. 81 also employ about
500 workers, most of whom are women, working in three shifts. The
weaving department has 220 British and German automatic looms with an
electric motor attached to each. The mill produces 13,000 meters of
coarse calico, cambric, zephir, panama, and taffeta every 24 hours.
82. "Balkan" Cotton Mill, which employs 3,000 workers in three shifts.
83. Old "Nadezhda" Textile Mill.
814. Old "Troitsa" Knitting Mill.
85. "Dobri Kartalov" Knitting Mill, which is a two-story building 50 x 20
meters in size and manufactures knitted underwear and clothes of high
quality.
86. "Vulko Chervenkov" Cotton Mill, which is a two-story building, measuring
100x20 meters. The combing : machines are located on the first floor
and the looms on the second floor. The mill employs about 900 workers,
who live in workers' housing developments near the mill.
87. "Sinkevitsa" Cotton Mill.
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2. The following is the legend to the
Kolarov" Cotton Mill (Attachment No. 21:
1. Panicharka creek.
2. Yantra creek.
3. Road to the Khadzhi Tsonev Most ward of Gabrovo.
4. Private homes.
5. Wooded area near the mill.
6. Entrance to the mill.
Road leading to the mill area.
8. Two-story mill building measuring 50 x 80 in.
9. Furnace roo.
10. Fifteen-meter high smoke stack.
11. Shop for starching cotton.
12. Depots for raw and finished materials.
13. Offices.
14. Machine repair shop.
15. Mill park.
16. Workers dining room.
17? Wooden bridge.
18. Transformer.
19. Electric control panel.
sketch of the "Vasil 25X1
Comment: This is probably a sketch of the buildings in No. 80 on
Att ac went No. 1.
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