VAH CHEMICAL WORKS AT KOSECA KOSTOLANY HAD HORNADOM AND LIPTOVSKY SVATY MIKULAS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: September 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Claechoslovakia DATE DISTR. SUB]ECT Vah Chemical Works at Koseca, Kostolany nad NO. OF PAGES 5
Hornadom,, and. Liptovsky svaty Mikulas
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1. The Vah Chemical Works National Enterprise at Koseca 49-01,
E 18- l was a. small chemical plant producing zinc white by zinc
roasting. This was the only production there. The factory was
formerly owned by Graf KYNSKY (fnu) and was nationalized in 1948..
The plant was given its present name and subordinated to the chemicalWorks National Enterprise in-January 1950 It
was located on the Bratislava-Zilina road, between e ava /9 49-00,
E 18-l7 Railroad Station and the Koseca Railroad Station. The 25X1
Koseca Railroad Station was newly built and on the western side
of the railroad track. A spur track led from the plant to the Ilava
Railroad Station. A country road in poor condition connected the
plant with.the village of Koseda. , 'pr the exact location of the
plant see Encl. 7 The factory consisted of about five small
buildings, including a boiler house, and it had about 50 employees.
There was a wooden fence around the plant area. No enlargement of
the production or plant installations was planned,
2. The Vah Chemical Works National Enterprise at Kostolany nad Hornadom
, 49-E35,7 was a small plant for production of sulphuuric.acid?and
superphosphates.. Construction of the plant started in 1948 and the
plant was set in. operation in 1950. The plant was set up by the
Jiri Dimitrov Works National Enterprise, a chemical plant in
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Bratislava. In early 1950 it was given its present name and subor-
dinated to the Vah Chemical Works. National Enterprise at Zilina.
The plant was constructed in order to facilitate superphosphate
supplies to Eastern Slovakia. The plant was located on the Zilina-
Koseca railroad line just opposite the Kostolany nad Hornadom Rail-
road Station building. The plant had a spur track and a road of
its own. Some of the factory buildin s were wooden. There was a
wooden fence-around the plant area. For the exact location of the
factory, see Encl. B, for the location of the plant's installations,
see Encl. E7. All-the plant equipment was new and of Czechoslovaks
origin. No production increase or expansion of installations was
planned there. The plant was supplied with 400 tn. of pyrites and
500 tn. of raw phosphates monthly. Sulphuric acid and superphos-
phates were the only products of the plant. The sulphuric acid
produced there was usually used for further processing in the plant,.
although, in cases of general shortage of sulphuric acid in Czecho-
slovakia, the production of superphosphate in the Kostolany plant
stopped, and the sulphuric acid was sent to the main Vah Chemical
Works at Zilina for further use. In accordance with instructions
from the Ministry of Agriculture, all the superphosphate produced in
the Kostolany plant was destined for agriculture in Eastern Czecho....
slovakia.
The Vah Chemical Works National Enterprise in Liptovsky svaty Mikulas
j 49-05, E 19-3f7 was a small plant for the production of glue.
This was an old plant which was 25X1
nationalized in 1915.an subordinated to what was en the united
Chemical Works. The plant was given its present'name and subordina-
ted to Vah Chemical Works National Enterprise At Zilina in early 25X1
1950, The plant was located about 500 m. west of the town of
Liptovsky svaty Mikulas
The factory had no spur track. There were about 50 employees there.
The plant produced bone glue, skin glue, and gelatin. Until the end
utilization issued sometime?in 1950, the supplies of domestic bones
increased until they were sufficient for all the Czechoslovak needs.
Only a small quantity of bones was imported for 1951; no bones Were
imported for 1952,and no bone imports,were planned for 1953.
There were many complaints about the poor quality of Soviet
bones, and, human bones used to be found in the deliveries from the
USSR. On the basis of a government decision dealing with bone
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A. Vah Chemical Works_,National Enterprise at Koseca, overlay on
map: Czechoslovakia 1:25,000
Vah Chemical Works National Enterprise-at Kostolany nad
Hornadom, overlay on map: Czechoslovakia 1:100,000
C. The Vah Chemical Works National Enterprise at Kostolany nad
Hornadom
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ENCLOSURE A: Vah Chemical Works, National Enterprise at Kosec.a
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ENCLOSURE+B: Vah Chemical Works National Enterprise at Kostolany.nad
Hornadom; Overlay on Map Czechoslovakia 1.100,000 Sheet
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The Vah Chemical Works National Enterprise at Kostolany
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