CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL WORKS NATIONAL CORPORATION IN USTI NAD LABEM

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• Publication Date: January 15, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
INFORMATION REPORT
Czechoslovakia
Chemical and Metallurigical Works
National Corporation in Usti nad
Labem
DATE OF INFORMATION
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE NEANINIII OF TITLE IS, SECTIONS 703
AND 704, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR
LOTION OF ITS CONTENTS TO DR RECEIPT NY ON UNAUTHORISED PERSON Is
PROHIBITED BY LAB. THE REPRODUCTION CF THIS FORM IS PROHISITED.
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DATE DISTR. 15 Jan 1.951
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The Chemical and Metallurgical Works, National Corporation, is located in the
center of the city of Usti nad Labem, opposite the "Teplice" railroad station.
The area of the plant is 2500 x 2200 meters.
2. The following products are mapufActured at the 1a t: explosives, aci s anti.4
chlor for filling gas bombs Laigi, be p tol p electrolyse rsi , sulphuric
acid, nitric acid, Gesarol$ trichlor pig/, chlorine and other solvents, semi-
finished goods?-hydrosine.-sulphates and potash, The hall in which hydro-
sine-sulphates are to be made is still under construction,
3. The following raw materials are used: mercury, pyrites, salt, and various acids.
They ate supplied by plants in Semtin$ Brno, Bratislava, and Pardubice. Coal is
supplied by rail from the coal mines in Most, water comes from the city water
works in Usti nad Labem, and electricity from the public electric power network.
4. The plant has its own electric railway with 15 cars, It also has electric and
battery lorries, four 10-ton Tatra trucks, four 5-ton Praga RN-Diesel tracks, four
2i - ton RN=Piesel trucks, six passenger cars (two Tatraplans, two Mercedes, two
Fords), one steam locomotive and two electric locomotives.
56 At a plant meeting it was announced that the net profit of the plant for the
second half of 1951 was 30 million Kcs.
The most expensive phase of production at the plant is electrolysis, and the
employees of the electrolysis division receive the highest wages. The givl,pion
produces potash bucks, chlorine and hydrogen, by processing "Solanka" Leig/ with
mercury and water in electrolytic baths charged with an electric current of 10
thousand amperes in continuous circulation* An electric motor of 1.5 kr causes
the circulation. The division has a total of 150 baths for electrolysis which
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are arranged in three rows* Potash buck comes through pipes into a tank. Samples
are taken of the liquid which then goes through other pipes for further processing.
Chlorine is fed by pipes into a "chlorine station" from which it then is conducted
into another hall for further processing. Hydrogen is carried by narrow pipes
from each bath into a main pipeline and then into a tank. The baths need the
following materials for the production of the above goods: 600 kg of mercury,
water, and salt which is brought by a pipeline. There are 60 grills, 42 elec-
trodes and seven phosphate plates in each bath. Each processing lasts six weeks.
After this time, the baths have to be cleaned and repaired. The bathsare pro-
tected against explosion by airtight closing. Water and "solanka" are brought
into the bath through which an electric current of 1,500 amperes is fed. The
current is gradually increased to 10 thousand amperes. The tota consumption of
mercury xi a one month period is 300 thousand kilograms, the chief
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engineer of this division say that the electrolysis division of the plant does not brine
any profit whatsoever; on the contrary, the plant works at a loss since cne kilogram of
mercury costs $10000, All measures are taken to prevent waste of mercury, all wastes
are carefully collected and enclosed in vacuum bottles* The division works day and
night,
7. The electrolytic division has two dynamos of its own which are used in case of emer-
gency when the main supply of electric power is interrupted. The above-described elec-
trolysis division is called Elektrolysa I. There is another electrolytic division in
the plant, Elektrolysa II, The production of this division is the same as that in
50X1 Electrolyse I although the equipment consists of only 75 baths,
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50X1 There: are 3000 workers e ployed at the Chemical and Metallurgi-
cal Plant in Usti-, Approximately 50% of these are skilled workers, 700 administrative
and technical employees, The highest wage of a skilled worker is 6,000 Kos a month; the
lowest wage of a non-skilled worker'Thelpman) is 2,5000 Kos a"month, About half of the
workers are Communist Party meMberse, Of this number, however, only about one third can
be considered reliable Communists&
9, Employees iork in three shifts; only about 10% of the total number of employees work in
each shift,
10. The plant is adcessible by a-railway track which corneOts it with the maia lime of the
Czechoslovak State Railroads in the station of Usti-eaad
U. Employees are admitted to the plant by special passes, The plant has its OTT-- factory
guard of 60 men on duty at all times* At one time the plant had 240 factory guareee
The guards have six dogs at their disposal, Members of the guard are reliatle Commurie-
ists, In addition, there is also a workers-/' militia inthe plant. I don't now how
many members there are In the ammunition depot Of the workers' militia there are rifle
submachine guns and band-grenades, The militia members are trained at the r_fle range
in Olesko near Terezin, The fire brigade of the plant has 30 members, two fare-enginee
and fire-extinguishing equipment,
12, ,The warehouses are located in the plant itself* Each division has its own wart.
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ENCLOSURE.(A) Sketch of Electrolyse I with Legend .
Ant- Sketch of an Electrolytic Bath with Legend -
(C)1' Sketch Showing Location of the Chemidel and Netallurgi al Wok s ,Usti
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CO: Sketch of the Chemical and WtallurgiCal?WErks in -Usti nal labom with -
Legend
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SICERCH. OF EIRCTROLySA I. WITH LEGEND
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Legend:
1.00 Tower for ammonia. A metal cylinder three meters in diameter and six meters high.
Pipes lead from the tower to the baths.
200. Tower for hydrogen. A cylinder three meter .3 in diameter and six mete n8 high. Pipei'
three mm in diameter lead from the tower to the baths,
3... Three rows of 50 baths.
4.., Two metal tanks, 150 centimeters in diameter. These tanks are 150 centimeters above
the ground. Potash buck is conducted into the tanks where samples of liquid are
taken to be tested in laboratories.
5.? Division for "diluting" which is a part of the eleotrcAytic procedure. It is a threl
story brick building. The ground floor serves al a warehouse for sa1, Salts from
here are carried into a wooden barrel, 10 meters high and five meters in diameter.
The salt is carried by conveyors into a mixer; from the mixer the dilutel salt is
pumped into presses located on the se3ond fluor (?f the building. In the presses
salt is filtered and the pure "solanka" is coniucted into coolers from wliere it goes
Into the baths.
6?, Two dynamos for the production of electric power. The diameter of the dynamos is
three meters.
7..6 Foremen's office
80.0 Foremen's office
900, Foremen's office
1000. Lockers for workers
11,.. Locksmith's workshop
12.00 Electrotechnical workshop
1300, Storage of filter grills for the electrolytic baths
140.. Storage of work clothing
15... Bathrooms for the foremen
160.. Offices of the foremen
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1... The bath, A steel and concrete construction.
2..2 Tile plates; each bath has seven such plates, eacli plate having six boles for electrodes.
3sor Holes for electrodes
4... Iron plates, ohlwhich are fixed filter grills. Each bath has approximately 50 such grills.
Electromotor of 1.5 kw for driving the circulation of the liquid.
6,? Pipes for "solankan (purified salt)
7?. Water pipes
Hydrogen pipes through which hydrogen is carried into the hydrogenetv,(tuwer)
9.? Opening through which the waste leaves the bath; this material is called "amalgan"
10... E ectrodes fired in tile plates. These elibtrodes are put on the bottom of the bath and rew
t five centimeters over the liquid level.
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SKETCH SHOWING LOCATION OF THE CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL WORKS IN USTI NAD
LEBEM WITH LEGEND
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Map 32 51 Litomeri,e
(Enlarged from lg 2009000 to 1: 8C,000)
16.6 Chemical and Metallurgical Works in Usti nad Labem
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SKETCH OF THE CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL WORKS IN USTI HAD IABEM WITH LEGEND
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Legend:
1... Gatekeeper's ledge; a one-story brick houee, 10 x 10 meters, with a tile rod'. In the
house is a eonteel eloek and telephone. In the lodge three man of the fee-key guard are
always on date
2... The adminietrative building; a seven-story brick beilding, 40 x 20 meters, in welch are
accommedated the fellowing units: directorate, personnel division, administrative offices,
cadre division, faatcry broadcast, cashier, dental eargeon, medical dispensary (first aid),
security officer, housing and social security officers*
30.0 Canteen; a one-stcry wooden building, 30 x 15 meter, with a tar-paper roof,
4... Kitnhen; a two-story briik building, 25 x 15 meters, with a tile roof.
5,,. Fir; station; a one-story brick house 15 x 15 meters, with a flat concrete recf. Inside is
the fire equipment.
6... Construction effiees; a two-story brick building, 30 x 15 meters, with a tile roof.
7.00 Repair werkshe)pe fee brass instruments; a one-atery brick building 15 x 10 meters, with a
tile reef.
8?. Main werkeheps; a ene-story factory hall. Ihe reef i -haped in the ferm Gf twe reverse
"V's"; the first "7" is, made of glass; the second is covered with tar paper. The hall is
80 x 40 x 8 meter, and contains machine tools, lathe, grinding maohines, drilling mach-
inei4, metal placing maehines, a large crane, aae plumle 0 and welding equippene.
%al are division- for eelphates.
9... A one-atorybriek bending 40 x 20 meters.
10..0 A ene-eterybriA building, 30 x 15 meters
11... A one-story brick building. Buildings 9-11 have tile reef30
12." Main warehouse for materials; a one-story building 40 x 20 meters, with a flat roof. In
the warehouse ie stored band-Iron, steel rods ani bars cf various sizes, ball bearings,
copper faucets, welding reds etc.
13.0. Workshop for repair and laying of pipes; a one-stery brick building 30 x 15 metees, with a
tile roof.
14... Offices of t'ee Werkere' Couneil; a one-storytel ;lc building 15 x 15 meter, wite a tile reef,
15000 Workshops for repair and laying of pipes; a one- tory brick Wilding, 20 x 10 meetene.
16,00 Division of semi-finished products; a three-story brick building, 60 x 30 metere, with a
roof made partly of tiles and partly of tar-pape'.
17,00 Main beilee hall; a brick building, 30 x 30 metees, with tile roof; The boils m eeem suRelie
the entire plan.
18.00 Chlorine divi4en; a oneeetory brick building, 4 x 20meters, with a tile reef.
19..0 Divisien_fer dile3elving of chlorine; a one-story nick b/ilding 40 x 20 meters* eith tile
roof,
200.0 Power-elent whleir e.ppliee the entire plant; a beill bufliiog, x 30 metere rite a tile
roof.
21,00 Division for the pecduetien of betanaphtei; a ee-secey Lriek bending, 40 x Its eeters, One
floor of this building ie ender grourd.
22.,. Division for the predeetien of ealphate; a eeke- tory building 41 x 12 meter, tith tile reef
23000 Storage for raw material wastes. The unit is eqeippei with a large craaJ; the a-ea is en-
closed by a wall two meter3 high; the eize of tic area :h 60 x 25 meter.
24... A on-story triele building, 40 x 11 meters, win a tile reef.
25... Cabinet ea7ier'e wee4eehep; a cne-story wooden barrack, 4.3 x 20 metera with a tar paper roof.
26... Division for the predection of the material called Vinidur; Wnidur Is p1atic ateeial of
carique colors which has qualities of metal and 1./ uzed for the production o/ piree for
hydrogen. it is a two-story brick building, 25 x 25 meters, with a tile reef.
270.. Division for the production of rubber; a two-ettmer brildiag 25 x 25 etees with a tile roof.
280,0 Division for the preduction of "antichlcru. "Antichler" ta-tes like bitter almoed?; and is
used for filling gee-bombs. The workers here woa- gae meek'. This hal- ie a twt-stery
brick building, 25 x 25 meters, with a tile reef*
30-32 are divisions fee the production of "permanganate ," (explt)s:ree).
30... A brick Imilding 30 x 15 meters with a tile reef.
31?0 .A brick building, 30 x 30 meters, with a tile roof.
32,? A brisk building 30 x 10 meters with a tile reef.
33.00 Electrolysis II. A one-story brick building with a tile eenf, 66 x 30 meters.
340.. Chlorine station, a two-story brick building, 30 Y 30 metres, with a flat ocmrrete
350.0 Offices of the electrolysis division; a one--tory triA b L.dlng 5 x 15 meter- wiee tile
roof.*
36.0. A one-mtory brick building, 30 x 30 meters, with a tile na.
36A? Repair workshops for the division of electrelysii
36B? Workshops for the division of electrolysis (a brick building),
36C., Lockerrooms for the employees of the e1ectre1ysi3 division.
37... Electrolysis I, Size of this building is 120 x 50 meters.
A one-story brick building, 40 x 25 meters, with a flat concrete roof.
384.00 Division for the gristallization of potash bucks
38B-, Auxiliary building for sulphur production.
39... A two-story brick building, 60,x 20,metersp with a flat concrete roof.
39A6. Division for the production of Gesarol, This divilien is heavily guarded day and night.
There are also warning signs: Entrance strictly forbidden,
39B.0 Division for the production of "trichler".
40.00 Factory railway t.2ack which connects the plant with the line of the Czechoslovak State
Railways in the station of Usti nad Labem. (The Tepliee Station).
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41... The Teplice station in Usti nad Labem (Teplicke nadrazi) which is called West station.
42... Double-track railway of the Czechoslovak State Railroads, Usti nad Labem - Teplice.
43..0 State highway Usti nad Labem - Teplice.
44... Storehouse for mercury; a one-story wooden barrack, 12 x 12 meters.
456,0 Division for the processing of sulphur; a two-story-brick building, 40 x 30 x 10 meters
with a tile roof. The factory chimney of this division is 35 meters high.
460., Division for the production of nitric acid; a one-story brick building, 30 x 10 meters,
with a tile roof.
47.00 Machinery hall "DEBA" for performing of small repairs and of various special jobs. The
division serves the entire plant. The building is a two-story brick construction with a
tile roof,
486.0 A building under construction.
49.0. Garages; a one-story brick building, 40 x 20 meters.
50... A brick wall enclosing the whole plant.
516,0 Division for the production of dyes; a one-story brick building 30 x 15 meters.
51A., Division for the production of dyes; a two-story b.lilding, 30 x 15 meters.
5266. Two brick buildings - functions and sizes unknown to me.
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