THE ORION TRANSFORMER STATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002600180011-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: April 7, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/14 :CIA-RDP82-004578002600180011-6
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT The Orion Transtarmer Station
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DATE DISTR. 7 ~APZ; 1949
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THIS IS UNEVALUATE? INi~0t2MATIC?(~
la The Orion electric transformer sub-station is
at a point approximately two kilometers west-north- 50X1-HUM
west of the Sofia Central railway station. The sub-station is supplied with
power at b0,000 volts from the thermic station Kurila and also at b0,000 volts
from the sub-station at L~lka Cherkva, which is in turn supplied from the
thermic station Pernik I, and the hydro stations Rila, Pastra, Kalina and
Kamenitsa at 35,000 volts. The second act of 3 phase cable is in course of
erection from the Fula stations to ~falka Cherrva.
Current is distributed at the voltages given as well as at 1,500 and 3,300
volts. The Orion sub-station is al sa 13.nked with the 5emsnaria sub--station
by a 35,000 volt line,
3~ It is rumored that eventually a 15,000 volt cable will be laid giving a ].ink
c~.th the new thermic station at Nade~zhdad
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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/14 :CIA-RDP82-004578002600180011-6