PLANT NO. 47, VITKOVICE KLEMENT GOTTWALD IRON WORKS, OSTRAVA

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2005
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• Publication Date: September 10, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This Document contain information affecting the No-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections '1*3 and 794, of the U.S. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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Plant No. 47, Vitkovice Klement
Gottwald Iron Works, Ostrava
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DATE DISTR;
10 Soptember 1954
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5 25X1
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1. A new steel works known as Plant No. 47 of the Vitkovice Klement Gottwald Iron Works
National Enterprise, in Ostrava covers an area of 1 200 x 700 meters. It is sur-
rounded by a fence.. partly,brick and partly wire, 180 cm. high.
2. There are about 6,000 employees, of whom about 2,000 are women. The number of
brigade workers and prisoners is not known. Three shi.fts are worked.
3. Electricity is supplied by the Vitkovice power station over a power line carrying
5,000 volts.
4. P$g iron for processing comes from the Vitkovice blast furnaces. Part of the
production is sent to other unidentified factories for further processing. Pig iron
is manufactured into hard steel of good quality. Production includes shaped iron,
steel plates.of 1 to 50 mm. (armor plating thickness), razor blades, wire of a
maximum digmeter of 20 mm., springs, and material for automobile wheels. The Five-
Year Plan is being fulfilled 100%.
There are always two men on guard duty at the gatekeeper's post. Small groups of
militia are on guard, but only in the evening.
Morale is poor and there is dissatisfaction with wages. Workers mostly live in the
neighborhood and eat at home. Political instruction takes place twice a week for
'about an hour. There are other meetings at irregular times.
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Legend to Annex A: Plan of the JTew Steel Works (Plant No. 47), Vitkovice.
1. Rolling mill, 200 x 400 x 35 meters.
2. Central electricity station no.2, 15 x 15 x 20 meters.
3. Central electricity station no.1, 15 x 15 x 20 meters.
4. Electrical and mechanical maintenance shop, 30 x 10 x 15 meters.
5. New rolling mill, built at the beginning of 1953, 30 x 25 x 35 meters.
6. Gatekeeper's post.
7. Smelting houses with eight Martin furnaces. Capacity per furnace is
6 small ingots. 300 x 19 x 40 meters.
8. Open stores of iron, 600 x 300 meters.
9. Welding shop.
10. Heating apparatus and repair shop for railroad cars of the Vitkovice
factory line, 70 x 30 x 10 meters.
Legend to Annex B: Plan of the Rolling Mill (No. :1 of Annex A).
1. Razor shop,' with two fine rollers of older German type. This shop also
contains one press for razor blades and three grinders.
2. Tempering,shop with four apnealing furnaces and five tempering vats.
3. Store for rails; (round and T profile), and angle irons.
L. to 6. Incandescent gas furnaces for small ingots.
7. to 9. Deep incandescent gas furnaces for large ingots.
10. Rolling mill for figured iron.
11. to 13. Incandescent gas furnaces for small ingots.
14. New armor plate rolling mill, Swiss; roller for armor plate in widths up
to four meters.
15. Machine shop for the wire-drawing shop.
16. Transporter for ingots; carries ingots from the furnaces to the rolling
mills.
17. Cutting machine for figured iron and rails.
18. Wire-drawing shop, containing five drawing benches.
19. Rolling mill for.beits and hoops used for raprings.
20 to al. Armor plate rolling mill of older type for plate in widths up to two
meters.
22. Shearing machines for armor plate.
23. Store for nails, machine repair and.electrotechnical requirements.
Legend to Annex-C: Plan of the Welding Shop (No. 9 of Annex A).
l~ Store for welding requirements, hoods, gloves, electrodes.
2. Apprentice shop, where about 35 apprentices work in shifts.
3. Welding machines, about 30 electric and 20 gas.
4. Office for welding shop.
5. Welding shop for large parts.
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Rolling Mill
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Welding Shop
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