KARL LIEBKNECHT STEEL PLANT AND ROLLING MILL IN DNEPROPETROVSK

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• Publication Date: February 25, 1952
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CLASSJEJ-C=N GouimNTI
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INFORMATION REPORT
KuPtipmW
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
SUBJECT Karl Liebknecht Steel Plant and Rolling Mill
in Dnepropetrovsk
DATE DISTR. 25 Feb 195:
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION A'FECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANNG OF TITLE J8, SECTIONS 79S
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REPORT NO.
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1. Loca.t,on:
In the northeast part of Dnepropetrovsk (34?58'E/48o27!N), Ukrainian
northeast of the Dnieper River and east of a large railroad line.
T1,6 Usel railroad station is 3 to 4 km to the southeast.
rant installations:
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construction. of the installations started in 1945, but has continued at
an increased rate since the Summer of 1947. The plant departments were
put into operation as follows:
-are posted under shelter roofs. According to Soviet stateme
t th
is built up, the remaining section being a dune. The p
ted on sandy ground. It is protected by a wooden fence
the west and south. Around the east and north of the p
a. The olant covers about 3.2 x 4.8 km but only a width of 1.6 to 2.1
(1) The mechanical and Kolosni departments, in May
1948.
(2}
The forge, in October 1948.
3) The fifth furnace of the open hearth, department, inj.December 1948
the first furnace: was blown in in 1946, the'
he second in October 1947,
and the third and fourth furnace during 1948).
(4) The rolling mill -pas still under construction at the end of Decem-
ber 1948.
(5) The Mannesmann d
which was later shown
?;aporozne Dower plant and that the construction of a. plant-owned power
generator was Drojecter?. No further deta:ils'werIe available on the nro-
ted on 31 July 1948, an event
b. Power supply: A high tension transmission line passed the plant
on the southeast.with several underground branches' to the plant. Soviet
workers stated that the long distance power line came from the large
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c,. A railroad line entered the plant from the northwest ahd several
branches led to various shops. The southeastern plant area was being
surveyed for the construction of an additional railroad track.
d.. Because of surveying work in the vacant plant area, northeast of the
plant buildings it was concluded that extensions are planned in this
direction.
For plant layout see Annex 1.
For :sketch and crass section of the `'annesmann department see Annex 2.
For sketch and cross section of the open hearth departmf t and Kolosni
department see Annex 3.
For sketch and cross section of. the forge see Anne/ 4, and for cross sec-
tion of the mechanical department see Annex 4.
3. 'ork force
The number of boviet laborers in the production work totaled about 2,000
working in three shifts. No details were available on the number of PlIs
and convicts doing construction work.
4. Production:
Seamless tubes varying in length and diameter. The other plant departments
so far produced plant requirements only. The production of the rolling
mill had not started..
Ieomment
Showing
rnen.ts, this
ture of the
required.
the type of' construction of the most imnor.tant plant depart-
report and attached sketches -?furnish a very illustrative nic-
Karl Liebknecht Steed: Plant in Dnepropetrovsk. Confirmation is
b. The plant existed before the war. It is believed that the "'oviet
statements, according to which construction work start d in.1945~ referred
only to reconstruction work after the war. The plant i on the German 25X1
Military Geographical town plan of Dnepropetrovsk, issue 1 41. The exact
plant location can be seen from this plan.
4 Annexes,
4,blueprints (sketches and cross sections , ' cad the Karl Lieb14neclat Steel
Plant and Rolling Mill in Dnepropetrovsk)
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 Legend:
1 lvlannesmann department, also see Annex 2
2 Open hearth department, also see Annex 3
3 Kolosni department, also see Annex 3
4 Forge, also see Annex 4
5 Mechanical repairshop, equipped with 40 to 50 machine tools of various
kinds, mostly of German or American origin. Brick building with steel
frame, 225 x 90 x 165 meters. For cross section see Annex 4.
6 Rolling mill under construction, steel structure, 450 x 180 meters
height presumably 16.5 meters, partially completed. Soviets stated
that there previously was another rolling mill on this site which
was destroyed during the war.
7 and 8 lMitissni Nail Factory under construction. Two workshops 360 x 120,
27 meters-clearance, and 180 x 90 x 13.5 resters clearance. Without
eouinment: the nail factory was Dart of
the plant, being separated from it by a wooden fence.
9 Two brick buildings, main offices, plant management and administra-
tion.
10 'Pumping st`ltion, for the plant water supply
11. Dwelling houses with gardens
12 Old open hearth plant with one furnace, operating for plant regaire-
ments
13 'ward detail and scale for vehicles
14 Garage, fenced in
15 Plant gate
16 love cooling towers of the open hearth plant, on concrete bases of 6 1:
6 x 4.4 meters
17 Transformer station, off limits Vo PWs
18 Mess hall for Soviet personnel
19 Offices of the Mannesmann and Kolosni departments
20 Skrawo store, 300 x 27 x 16.5 meters with concrete :floor, still
vacant but, according to `'ovi..et statements, earmarked for storage of
plant products.
21 High tension line with branch leading to the plant
22 Guard posts
23 Sandy area, still vacant
211. Dwelling with gardens
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Legend to Annex?2:
The Mannesmann department is comprised of a longitudinal workshop,
about 150 meters wide, and a traverse workshop, about 225 meters wide. The
total length of both workshops is about 1,000 meters, the height about
15 meters, and clearance, including skylight, 19.5 meters. The building
is a steel structure with brick walls. Pillars are constructed in the
walls at 5.4 meters intervals to support the f
of the longitudinal workshop consists of seve
concrete slabs a 1.8=meter layer of peat sla
The traverse workshop is covered with corruga
the righthand workshop section (right of the dotted line)
following thr
concrete and
of the buildi
foundations o
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measuring up to 4.5 x 4..5 meters on top.
Three lines of pillars divide the traverse workshop into four long sections;
the longitudinal workshop is divided into three long sections by two rows
of pillars. All pipe lines for compressed air and cooling water and the
power lines are buried in canals covered by steel plates.
Installations:
1 Concrete foundation, where slug samples are taken
2 Two magnetic cranes, each with a c'nacity of 5
Two cranes, each with a capacity of 3 tons
Six-cranes, each with a capacity of 2.5 tons
5 Twelve cranes, each with a capacity of"40.5 tons
6 Two small cranes
7 Two annealing furnaces, each 18 x 4.5 x 2.7 meters, naphtha fueled
8 Abutment into which slugs are chucked
I.otatahle and moval a machine tool with mandrel to pierce the slugs
10 Two saws for cutting completed tubes
11 l:ouxidation with conveyer transporting the tubes
Annealing furnace like No 7 above, for final annealing of rifled tubes
13 Straightening machine
Installation with unknown purno.se, 45 x 18 meters 5.4 meters deep, cover-
ed with a 1.5 meter thick concrete ceiling in level of the floor of the
building. A staircase leads down. The room is equipped with 20 foun-
dations for medium size machines.
15 Foundation with best stand
16 Two thread. cutting machixtes
1'7 Tube storage
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18 Eight special devices, each 2.7 meters hi
the tube nieces, 0.45 to 0.9 meters long
funnel-like mouth, similar to a muzzle br
are milled).
19 Power station with one turbine, 9 x 2.4. x 1.8 meters, in a horizontal
position, and some electric motors.,
20 -witching station:,;. all installations are make AEG and Siemens Schuckert
21 Office
22 Machineshop with many lathes and a railroad connection.
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'Legend to sketch
A Open-Hearth Department:
The open-hearth department is on a hill, about 13.5 meters above the
other plant parts. It is a ,steel structure, lined with brick work,
about 360 x 225 meters. The clearance varies. (See sketch of the
cross section).
Five smokestacks of different heights stand. at the north side of this
building.
Installations:
I through 5: Five open-hearth furnaces each almost 12 it 4.5 x 7.5
meters. They were constructed in the soviet Union after German
models. Capacity of e ach furnace 100 tons. [6eplacig of fire
clay bricks every three to four months within three days. Put
into operation as follows:
Furnace No 1, in 1946
Furnace No 2, in October 1947
Furnace No 3, in June 1948
Furnace No 4, in October 1948
Furnace 'o 5, in December 1948
6 Brick smokestack, 50.4 meters high
7 Smokestack, 77.4 meters high, with feel coating on concrete foun-
dation.
8 Three brick smokestacks, each 75 meters high
9 Five storage basins 18 x 4.5 x 3 meters deep, containing materials
to charge the furnaces
10 Annex with office
11 Three foundry (casting) cranes, each with a capacity of 110 tons
12 Three cranes charging the furnaces, each with a caoacity of 10.5 tons
13 Charging platform
14 Platform where the cast is controlled
15 Four cranes, each 5 tons capacity, conveying the scrap to the
charging platform
16 Four cranes,e ach 21, tons capacity, to unload the molds from the
cars and to reload. the freed castings
17 Three cranes, each 2- tons capacity, to load the cast slugs for
shipment to the Dannesmann- or Kolosni department.-.-.-.-.-. tracks
of the traveling crane.
"York force of the open-hearth department, three shifts with a total
of about 250 laborers and 50 employees.
B Kolosni Department:
The nolosni department measures 720 x 135 meters and is a steel structure
lined with brick. As seen from the cross section, the department-has
the same type of construction as the P:4anncmmnnn ~an~r+ nn>+ T+ .,1 en
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divided in three long sections with traveling cranes by two lines of
pillars. A 'railroad track enters the workshop from the southeast and
extends as far as the last third of the building.
Installations:
1 Annealing furnace
2 Various kinds of machine tools, including forge hammers
3 Storage dump with many manufactured railroad car wheels with
fitted rims
About 50 cooling basins in three parallel lines, somewhat larger
than the railroad wheels (to cool railroad wheels). Some of them
with several railroad wheels, in superposed nosition
25X1 5 I I concrete foundations,
x 5.f meters and ?meters deep. The corner was later screene
by a temporary woodenwaU,
25X1 According to statements, ._a es were nrevious-
ly installed here but were too weak and new foundations for special
lathes had to be constructed. Work force of the department,
about 150 laborers, working in three shifts.
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Legend to sketch:
A Forge
Steel structure with brick lining, 180 x 60 x 1 8 meters, with
plain roof without skylights. -?roduction of Plant requirements
only. Work force 100 laborers working in three shifts.
Installations:
1 Machine shop equipped with a c an.prissor and some electric motors
2 Concrete cooling basin, 7.5 x 7.5 meters, 4.5 meters deep, pro-
jecting 90 cm above the floor
3 Iwo cranes with 3 tons capacity each
4 Five heavy pneumatic hammers, each 2.7 meters high
5 Five stacks with smoke discharging device, leaving the building
above the office annex
6 Offices
7 Kitchen and mess hall
B. Mechanical .Reoairshops
Steel structure with brick work, 22x5 x 90 v 16.5 meters equipped
with 40 to 50 machine tools of German and US origin.
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