J. STALIN STEEL PLANT IN LABEDY

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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 14, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT J. Stalin Steel Plant in Labedy
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The following is a listing of points of interest at the J. Stalin Steel
plant ih Labedy. (See sketch page 5) some of the
raw materials used in this plant came from plants in,Eiblag.
the labor force of this plant 6,000 workers; there were
three shifts working 24 hours a day, six days a week, and a skeleton
crew worked on Sunday. Distances and dimensions are approximate unless
otherwise stated. No further information was known
1. Rail Line. Double track European standard gauge.
2. Bridge. Steel and wood construction, 40m long x 10m wide.
For pedestrians' use only. This bridge spanned railroad tracks
point #1.
3. Building. Railroad stop. White brick, 40m x 20m x 8m high
with tarpaper covered gable roof.
4. Road. Asphalt, 14m wide, in good condition.
5. State Industrial School (Panstwowa Szkola Przemyslowa). There
were about 24 wooden barracks in the school area. School area
(2,000 x 400m) was inclosed by a mesh wire fence topped with
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this school was discontinued. Use of area after this time
unknown.
6. Fence. Meshed wire, 2.20m high, topped with barbed wire.
Enclosed plant areaeoqhich was three ion long and varied in width
from 600m to 1500m. The west border of factory area was adja-
cent to the Gliwicki Canal.
7. Gliwicki Canal. (same as point 2, page 4.) Formerly called
'Adolf .i Hitler. Canal was about 40 in. wide.
8. Railroad line (Same as point I, Page 4-)
8A. Railroad bridge over Gliwicki Canal. Steel construction,
dimensions unknown. This bridge was about 800. m, from plant
area.
8B. Rail spur. Three tracksoEuropean standard gauges entering plant
area.
9. New barracks area. Under construction in 1949. About six wooden
barracks were completed, others were undergoing finishing touches.
Number of buildings unknown.
10. Road. Asphalt, 14 m. wide, in good condition. Road led into
plant area.
11. Gate. Wire mesh, 8m. wide, 2.20 m. high. An Industrial Guard
armed with a carbine was observed at entrance.
12. Guard shack. Brick, 30 m. x 20 in. x 4 m., with deck type tar-
paper covered roof. This was a pass control office.
13. Building. 13-story camouflaged brick, 60 m. x 6 m. Building
contained central telephone exchange and plant offices.
14. Two wooden buildings. 40 m. x 20 in. x 5 m., with tarpaper
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for small arms parts was accomplished in this building.
15. Building. Brick, 150 m. x 50 m. x 8 m., with gable roof.
Steel cutting tools, such as knives bits)and drillswere
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16. Building. Brick, 100 in. x 20 m. x 18 m.
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glass covered, saw-tooth type roof. Steel
tempering was done in this building.
17. Building. Brick, 300 m. x 50 in. x 14 in., with gable
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be in this buildings were lathes, milling machines, metal
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some of the machines came from factories in Dabrowa
Gornicza (N 50-20, E 19-12).
18. Buildings. About 15 brick buildings, 300 m. x 60 m. x 20 in.
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roof. Steel girders for the construction of bridges were
made here. All these buildings had traveling cranes.
19. Building. Three-story brick, 200 x 50 in. with tarpaper covered
gable roof. This building contained- officiYat drafting ,roomt
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Work shops. Reinforced concrete, 200 x 80x 20m. Roofs
believed to be .saw-tooth type Aaass covered. ,There were
about 15 such workshops in this area. All had travelin
cranes. Shops contained foundries and rolling mills;
electric stoves were made here.
Buildings. There were about 15. buildings of various sizes
In this area belonging to the army.
they were undergoing renovation for
army use. at the present time (1954),
military tanks (type unknown) are being built in these
buildings.
the tanks
which were used in 16th Mechanized Division, 28
Regiment) came from this steel plant and that the production
of tanks by this plant had begun in 1951.
22. Bridge over Gliwicki Canal. Steel and wood construction 20-
ton capacity.
23. Flood gates. Concrete, .180 m. wide. Flood gates were 80 in.
apart.
24. Building. Brick, 30 in. x 20 in. x 8 m., with tarpaper covered
gable roof. This building contained the Mechanism for opera-
ting flood gates.
25. Labedy Railroad Station. Brick, 60 m. x 4o m. x 8 m., with
tarpaper covered gable roof.
26. Gliwicki Canal. Loading and unloading of ships was-accomplished
in this area. Numerous railroad spurs were located along east
Bide of canal.
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Overlay of GSGS 4416, Sheet 8-13, Scale 1:100,000
Sqsnowiec, pinpointing Stalin Steel Plant
and other points of interest.
Legend
1. Double Rail Line, European Standard Gauge.
2. Gliwicki Canal
3. J. Stalin Steel Plant
4. Rail Line. Single Track, European Standard Gauge.
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Sketch of Stalin
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