NEW POWER PLANT AND OIL SHALE MINE AT ATME

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CIA-RDP82-00457R010200110009-1
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RIPPUB
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C
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2
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December 14, 2016
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June 18, 2002
Sequence Number: 
9
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Publication Date: 
February 20, 1952
Content Type: 
REPORT
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INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY USSR(Fstonian SSR) US Per Plant and- Oil Shale Mine at Mme PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF ENFO. tic. 25X1A 25X1X CD NO. DATE DISTR. 25X1 20 FEB 52. KO.. 4F- PAGES I ... ~; ' NO. OF ENCILS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. The new power plant is about 180 meters 's outheast of Attlie. (27027'E759o18'N) , Estonian SSR, west of Mine No 10. 25X1 a. .The mine had the official numerical designation 10. It was built during the German occupation, the separating plant and the framework of the power plant being completed .at the same time, Originally an oil plant was to be in- *aUed in 'the building of the power plant. b, The following were built and furnished by German PWs, betwe,D. 1945 and 1947: The separating plant, the ramp with the loading tower,, a workshop called "Mechanic" and the so-called "Kombinat". The power plant was still being ipped in November 1949. It was a concrete building 917x4Ox90 meters, After 3 meters had been added to its height, the boilers (four lying boilers-, 15 meters long and 3 meters in. diameter) were installed on the second floor, w _ .. t o four turbines were lnstal1ecl on the ground floor. A x. sketch see .Work Force A total of 1,000 POWs and 200 civilian workers. oducti.on Uxe train of 30 cars loaded with 60 tcs of oil shale each left the mine every day. Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R010200219)(g9-1 N "IDENTI& 25X1 A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Nev Mzer Plant and Cif Shale Mine i Atms 1 ombinat4 .U-shaped five-story building, frontage 75 meter length of wings 55 meters. Shaft No 2, used by personnel only. Loading tower, Ramp zw r plant, four boilers and four turbines. our-stony' separating plant, 35x180m, with tipping plants for mine trucks, conveyor e Its , and shaking screens, haft no.1, elevator shaft with elevator tower, 30 meters high; about 90 meters P, 7 galleries radiate From the shaft, the longest being 7 Ion longs All the gall, -are provided with double tracks on which electric locomotives operate. secs id ;Witte level is projected at a depth of 140 in. MecIi=.ca1 workshop "Mechanic; 30x140m, equipped with about 100 machine tools. Camp No 7135/1. Ventilation shaft, 25X1 GONFIDENTIAL4 x 25X1 Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO10200110009-1