ALUMINUM PLANT IN TURINSK

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY USSR (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
SUBJECT Aluminum Plant in Turinsk
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6'N), Sverdlovsk Oblast, Aluminum Plant is about
e ers mo-r-En ol TNT ew Turinsk town edge, west of the railroad line
3 Work force:
About 4000 laborers, of whom 3,000 were Soviet civilians, 2,000 conficts,
2,000 ethnic Germans from the Volga area and the Ukraine, and about 100
PWs.
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Sverdlovsk - Bayanovka. The Jirasno Turinsk railroad station.is at the
northstern edge of the plant area.
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a. The plant construction which was started in 1941 assumed production oh
the 1943 anniversary of the October Revolution. During the time of
observation the plant was enlarged following the program of the .Five Year
Plan. According to Soviet statements this project is scheduled to be com-
pleted by 1955.
b. The plant building, ere not in good condition. Many installations were
weather-beaten. The ro to the plant was only a path. A railroad connec-
tion was available. The power plant was constructed in 1942, first enlarged
from 1945 0 1947, and enlarged for the second time in the Fall of 1949.
For layout see Annexes.
4. eroduction:
Raw aluminum. Soviets e(aid that the bauxite requirements of the plant were
supplied by resources in the vicinity.
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a. This second largest aluminum plant of the Soviet Union, designated
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presunably correct location obtained by the evaluation of all
information available by the summer of 1949- was stated in an evaluation
report. The present report confirms the pt location. The identity
of New-Turinak and the known Krasno-Turinsk can be assumed.
The plant is about 2 km west of Turingrk, north of a cons icuous reserv r.
The town of Turinsk is entered on ma s
b. The plant layout of this extensive plant, which is still being
enlarged, is not.clarified. It is possible *hat the location and type of
construction of the most essential plant buildings were correctly recoiled
on the attached sketch and legend.
"5th Series". According to previous definite information the Turinsk-
harpinsk railroad line separates the new northern section from the old one.
almost the sarrie location of the aluminum dressing
plants, SW of the large power plant (No 15), and the nvw plant department
30,000. A constant increase up to 60,000 laborers was planned.
c. It is assumed only db served part of the plant and was
therefore mistaken as to the work force of 7,000 laborers. According to
previous reports and Soviet press information from November 1949, it was
1 Annex: Aluminum Plant in Turinsk.
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 1 Bauxite mill, wooden structure, 45 x 18 x 131 meters with
two mills and one conveyor belt to building No 2
2 Mixing shop, wooden structure, 45 x 18 x 131 meters with four mixing
drums and a pipe life to building No 3
3 Wooden building, 45 itlla 18 x 131 meters, with four furnaces.
The solid slag-like substance is se#t tai a conveyor belt to building
No 4.
4 Mixing shop, brick building, 64 x 23 x 131 meters, with 8 mixing
drums, 8 filters, and a conveyor belt to building No 5
5 Drying chamber, brick structure, 18 x 18 x 131 meters with four
furnaces. Connected with building No 3 by a reserve conveyor
belt.
Two aluminum smelting plants, slag-concrete buildings each 180 x 27 x
18 meters. The western building, still under construction; the
eastern building with 124 smelting furnaces and 80 molds..
Repair shop, designated "RMZ", brick building, 90 x 36-1 x 18 meters
with lathe shop, forge, and electric workshop
9 Bauxite stores with spur track, wooden building
10t Aluminum processing shop under construction, iron structure with
brick lining, 180 meters long, the height of the building was
not determined; brick smokestack more than 60 meters high. Soviets
said the future purpose of this workshop will be the final cleansing
(refining) of the processed raw aluminum. The installation of a
rolling mill was planned.
11 Storage area with machinery from the Lauta Aluminum plants
12 Transformer station for building No 7 with two large transformers,
make AEG
13 Mechanical workshop for construction requirements, fitting of iron
structure parts.
14 Iron foundry with two small smelting furnaces for machine spare
parts; also a molding shop
15 Power plant
a. Oldest section constructed in 1942 with 90-meter smokestack and
railroad connection. Three sheet-metal smokestacks were on the roof
Thbree'lboilers in horizontal position for coal dust and oil fueling
drive three turbines,
b. Annex, constructed from 1945 to 1947, with three sheet-metal
smokestacks on roof, same installations' as in the old section.
Size of section a and b together 230 x 45 x 18 meters, iron struc-
ture with brick lining.
c. Secb9bd Annex under vunstruction, 90 x 45 x 18 meters with brick
smokestack 45 meters high, to be installed like a and b above.
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The power plant supplies electricity to the aluminum plant and ?5th
~;~~ Series" plant north of it.
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18 Three cooling towe eters high and 131 meters in diameter,
19 Cooling plant outside of the plait area with 20 fountains.
20 Construction site of the power plant
21 Water sterilizing plant under construction intended for plant and
town requirements
22 Open-air transformer station of the new power plant, no details
available on the number of oil transformers
23 Fire department
24 Administration and laboratory, four-story brick building 60 x 18 x 11
meters.
B. 91d Municipal Power Plant
1 Boiler and turbine house with one turbine
2 Brick smokestack, 36 meters high
3 Cooling plant
C. Wood working plant
D. Camn for Soviet convicts
E. "5th Series" plant with
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a. Pow4r transmission line from power plant of the
aluminum plant. The installation was sedret and
strictly guarded.
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