THE PORT OF LOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014500090005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 31, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952 51-4AA
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT The'Port of Lom
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OFITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM Ib PROHIBITED.
Concrete jetty approximately 120 feet long and 25 feet wide, sunk 20 feet
off the quay; two gangways; not now in use, the landward end of the gang-
ways are resting in the water.
unloaded, parked here while awaiting shipment to destination.
Danube steamer, administration building, ticket. office, etc.
Port entrance for motor vehicles.
H. Miniature crane; whether mobile or stationary was not determined.
I. Jib crane, capacity estimated at five tons; probably mobile.
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1. Lom is a minor Danube port and is currently used by barges and river steamers..
The port is capable of handling small tonnages of general cargo.
2..1 The sketch on page 2 shows the following installations:
A. Small. boat repair yard, capable of handling only small craft such as row-
- boats; no slipway.
B., Concrete jetty approximately 120 feet long and 25 feet wide, sunk 20 feet
off the quay;; two gangways; not in use now, the landward end of the gangways
are resting in the water.
D. Concrete jetty approximately 120 feet long and 25 feet wide, sunk 20 feet
off the quay; one gangway; the Bulgarian Danube passenger steamers tie up
at this jetty.
E. Coal.dump;. approximately 10 three-ton trucks, obviously new and-recently
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Twin warehouse, recently constructed, 150 feet long, 120 feet wide, and
35 feet high*
K. Breakwater.
Identity notdefi.ni ely determined, but either a barge or a floating wooden
jetty.
Small barracks, occupied by unidentified infantry troops.
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from the repair yard (A) to the breakwater (K), the Danube bank is stone-
faced, but the water at the quay is too shallow to permit even barges to draw
alongside. The position in the lee of the breakwater could not be determined,
but the docking frontage is strictly limited.
l~.. The twin warehouse (J) provides the main covered storage accommodation. Other
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smaller warehouses (which could not be observed satis
between the twin warehouse and the naval barracks, which is the only open
storage space area.
The cranes identified. as H and I above are the only cranes in the port..
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