CLEMENT GOTTWALD INRONWORKS IN MORAVSKA OSTRAVA-VITKOVICE

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• Publication Date: March 8, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO,
INFORMATION REPORT. CID NO,
3UL T'RY Cze io&lovakia
J I ECT , Clement Gottwald Ironworks in
Moravska Ostrava-Vitkovice
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of the Ostravica i :i.ver and 1,5 In south of the Lucin.a Fdver in the
i ~ Auk )Wa vska Ostrava-Vitkovi e (1) be entire
construction site covered an area of about 2,00Ox75O voters. ^.ccordin7l
to source,, the now iron'lrorks was to be loreer than tho existi g Vitkovice
Iron:rorks, The construction cf three blast furnace; ias )laained, (2)
In the T:vinter of 1949 to 1-95-D construction fork :ras be gun on the nesca
plant, .7hich was to consist entirely of stool ; irder and roi:nforced
concrete :rtructi:res. '.ork -ciao done in three ohift: a3.oiind the clock. ILLEGIB
A total of 7,030 ;iorl.ors wan saic? to be a-moloyoc, '21-1o, construction-ns
: ti.11 in i-i;s initial :taco in Aw;ust 1950, (3)
2Q In the old 7Jrt of the Vitkovicc Ironworks, the blast ice dCCartnent
consisted of t:?ro s,~3ctions irit'h a total of five blast furnac::s, Furnaces
I, IV, and V were to the south in Vitlcovice, furnacoo II and III e:
to the port . in 2ofina (6ofien Irornvorl?.s). The -7ook1y production :las ILLE IB
about 12,OO) tons of :}i.- iron in `.u-7ast. 1914 3. Other dd,lartrafents of the
Slant were the cteo1:rorks,, both tho old an- the n(.nr socti?)ns, thy; rollin;
nii11, the tabor rolling ni.l1, the brill c construction c c_>art gent, the
boiler construction de art ent, the niaclv-ne factory, the crucible
,;tee1 plant (Oussta'ilfabrik), and the iron oundry. (.)
3. The technical det,,ignin; depart*:icnt drew up bluerxint; for the :rojectoc? -4
renovation of the no chine installLitian of t 1a,:., tube ro lin:- drill, as veil 1
as for the projected r erni ation of the blast i:urnace cl4xirtnent and
of the 9r ad ictiori method I-y the injection of oxy,onw L.achinery for the
tube rollin rd.11 was to be d.eliv--reel b-,.- two i erican fir is,z
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For the second project a plant-owned oxygen department was
allegedly to be established. The equipment was to be delivered
by the StaceyDresser rrigineering Firm in Cleveland, Projects
worked out for foreign countries includiad the expansion of the
Kosziuszko Coking -1lant in Poland as well as the expansion and
equipment of a large Soviet power plant,
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For oc3 ono this new section, see map in Annex 1.
See Annex 2 for list of installations and sketch map of the new
section of the Vitkovice Ironworks, Only two blast furnaces are
indicated on the map. The sketch is a diagram atic drawing. Building
sizes do not correspond to the figures indicated in the legend.
The map vas provided by the first source,
According to the Five-Year-Plan the Czechoslovakian pig iron production
is scheduled to he increased from 1,5 million tons in 1948 to 2.7
llion toms in 1953. During the same period ingot steel production
is scheduled to increase from 2.4 mill-ion tons to 3,5 million tons and
the output of 'rolled products from -1.7 million 'tons to 2,5 zillion
tons. The available caxpacity cannot net such an increase of production.
A large-scale expansion of the existing installations will therefore
be required. The largest investments are to be made in the lloravska
Ostrava,-Vitkovice area -were a modern steel and ironworks is to be
erected? This installation, called "New Vitkovice", is to start pro-
duction by 1953. k or reference see also
As of 1950 the annual capacity of the Vi.' ov c rorrwor s, w, five a
furnaces working, amounted to 650,000 tons of pig iron, 850,000 tons of
open-hearth steel,, 35,004 tons of electric steel and 770,000 tons of
rolled products.
Another source described the tube rolling mill as an antiquated in-
stallation allegedly shut down even in 1948. A new tube rolling fall with
an annual capacity of 250,,004 tons was planned? No data are available
on the progress of the new installation. For a map of the old Vitkovice
Ironworks and the nearby industrial installations, see Aftn ex 3. This
map was provided in essence by the third source. Source failed to specify
which installations on the map belonged to the. Vitkovice Ironworks, but
it seems clear that at least items 1, 4.8, 10, 11, and probably also 3,
12, 114, i5, and 17 belonged to the Vi tkovice Ironworks. Annex 4 contains
a detailed sketch of the ironworks' rolling mill and a list indicating
the capacity of the various installations in the rolling ?n111.
source provided, this inforn.ation? In the sketch the production o the
various rolling trains is indicated by the following symbols:
,,Q' x x . - round bars with a diameter of xx n
(,/4 xtr. -- xo mm - rectangu'r rods; one side of the rectangle
is xx rpm long, and the other is xo zap long.
L sax -- L-beams, each of lrahose sides is xx a:am long.
H xx - R--beams with sides xx m in length.
LI am :nm vide - H-beams whose center connecting piece is
XX ma long
Flat bars.(sla?.s, etc.) xx mm - flat bars (slabs, etc.) xx mm
14 wide.
- rails.
The remaining symbols indicate the shape ci' the section iron. The figures
presumably are all in millimeters. In the production figures attached to
Annex 14, there seem to be some error in the figures for the intermediate
and finishing rolling trains,
14 Annexes;, 1 sketch on ditto and 3 blueprints,
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4e-r section of the Vitkovice ironworks in Kuncice as of the ;aznd of Julz
Wcfirk hop building under, construction, ! Ox30x:12 Meters. The roof had
not bean out ono
,'orksLop building under, construction, 50x30 meters.
3 ~ Build .ng project covering an area of ' 10x20 rntor o. Only foundation
pillars had been sunk.
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4, Sing:'.e~stox workshop building, almost completed::, 20x30 ncters.'
"Toriu hop building under construction , 20x30 rioters, about 3 meters
hL,: at the time of obsorvation.
6, Fux:ilding project covering,; an area of 15X30 mctcrs.
7 7or1:shop. building under construction, 15x2; meters?
8. Ore sorting
installation for blast furnaces, half finished and
covering 10x21. uv:ters.
9. Underground tunnel with two parallel sections for the tranvaortation
of coke and or. e to the blast furnaces. The tunnel,, 250 meters long,
was 10 meters widq altogether. The ceiling was 30J uu thick and was
reinforced at a point where tracks crossed the tunnel above.' ground.
The tunnel war.z to be completed by the end of ?ovember 19501.
10 ore bunker for the blast furnaces, 20x250 meters, almost 20 ;.peters high,
of which o ix-tern were
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bunker was scheduled to be completed by jlovomber 1950,
Blast furnaces. In July only the steel framework had ikon erected, and
it had not yet been lined with fireclay. The furnaces
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were to be completed in the late srarin of 19'1.
12. Cowpers o blast heating a Dparatuses,t':iree of which were under construction,
13 ; orkshop TOuildin.M, 2,5)x40xl2 meters. Source hoard this object referred to
as "Blo ckwerkf (blooming mill?).
14. Thermal power plant under construction, measuring 25x30x25 meters and
scheduled to be completed after 1950,
1 5,. "?`orkshop building under construction, 30x&) meters.
16.. "rork:shop buildin' -, almost completed, 30x6- 15 meters.
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17, Area being surveyed for additional building projects.
18,. Jmokestack under construction,
.19. Underground canal, whose use is unknown.
21. One-story wooden buil-..ring: for xoren.
22w ::essha1]. buildia,;,
23-and 24. Ine?-story wooden i.;t i.ldin s housing offices of the construction
management.
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25). and 26. Civilian residential buildings being, puled dorm o
27a 7.1ooden shed for the narrow ,,aune locoraoti.vc.,
28 a One-story wooden .nCilding,; housing the off ices of the construction
mana gemont .
29, Stone buildinf; housing workmen?
30a l'ic'k storehouse for building machines.
31. Messhall?
32.. and 33. Civilian residential buildings being pulled down.
34, 3S, 36, One-story wooden buildings of the construction aan Cement,.
37. Completed plate rolling mill, a reinforced concrete structure,
] xlUO meters, which was to be put into operation soon after July l95Oa
33. and 39. One-story wooden buildings housing workmen,,
40. A: small. old factory which vas in use and was not to be demolished
Source does not remamber its designation.
41. Kuncice railroad station.
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Anne 2
New Sect on of the V3tkov ce Ironworks In Kuncice ec -jf
Legent See attached list,
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2, Shea a f ctor':'.
3. Construction of f i.ce, building material.
4. 'oi1or factory.
5. Bridge coils-.:,uction,
6. Tuba rolling; mill,
7. Nevr iron ;'rusks `coritainir~ three ;blast furnaces,
8. Sofia,-' Iron Iorks contai.ni.nc; two blast furnaces.
9. COppor works,
10, Machine factory,,
11. Iron foundry.
12 Central depot,
13. Slab; dumps.
14. Ore storage place.
15. Danagement,
16. tower plant.
17, ! Plant ,hospital,
1S, Pressing works
V. Hammen mill.
2% Crucible steel plant (Gus ,tahlfahrik)
21. Fireclay factory,
22. New plant manufacturing fittings.
23 Depot,
24. 'hosphate malls.
25. Depot.
26. Leetent factory.
27. "Union" nonferrous metal foundry,
28. Ostrava Machine Factory and Foundry, formerly .bertzhagen ~e Glacsner
plant.
29. Cable factory.
30. Coal washing plant, Karolina coking plant, power plant.
31. Chemical factory.
32, Salomon Coal Mine.
33,. Lauschraann Coal nee;
34. Coking plant.
35p Plant manufacturing fittings.
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Annex 4
Capac1 t-v of the Vi_tko;rice Iron crk ,
Following capacity f _; res are R.omputed on the basis of the aiont.hly
r axirn production counting .` anday, s but not holidays as workdays.
rlrataghed and Roll A products Note
rolled products
rRloond.ng mill train r ,700 tons 1,250 tons
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armor plate roilin; train )joint 9,i0 tons
opernuon alone
3, ,2 t ro ttgh ;~xlate roll: nr train 50 sf 23,30
2G3 three-high xrv:?di= plate rofli.r i? train 3,7;0
1A three-hi h sheet roiling train 2,15;0
1.7E two-hig 1:, sheet rol.lisng train 1,000
Total of plate r All trains 15,350 tons
Shape-ro3.Lin; nail trains:
billet '.d 11 train joint 25,600) torts
alone
rail. r,i.l.l trains ) o9eration 25,200 tons 15,600 tons 15s O0 tv
13r=.ak?.ng-down mill train 6,9E0 tons
universal train I t ,6 0 Fs
Total of skin pe-roll ng mill. trains 31,200 tons
1rntc r'ied.iate and finioh" in^' I"chin ? treins:
450 rollirtrr train 6,3E0 tons
330
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hoop `ba.;d iron train I
s I uunyivnrsal train II
hops tad iron train 11
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total of intermediate gyn. fiaishin ,
roiling trains
Total of rolli_n;-i 11 production
22,500 tons
70030 tons
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