INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, PAO-TOU, CHINA

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• Publication Date: March 5, 1999
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INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, PAO-TOU, CHINA
N P I C/i-1405/63
August 1963
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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COKE, IRON, AND STE MBINE . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . 2
Ore Concentration Plant . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 2
By-Products Coke Plant ....... .......... 4
Blast Furnace Section .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . 5
Open-Hearth Furnace Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rolling Mills (Under Construction) .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . 7
Small Iron and Steel Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
MINING AREAS ................................ 10 J
Probable Iron Ore Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?. . . . 11
Coal Mining Area . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 12
HEAVY FABRICATION INDUSTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heavy Equipment Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heavy Fabrication Plant ................. ..... .
Vehicle Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vehicle Test Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
Explosives Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aluminum Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Calcium Carbide Plant ... .................. .
Sugar Refinery . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textile Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clay Products Plant . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .
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POWER PLANTS ............................... 28
Thermal Power Plant No 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Thermal Power Plant No 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Thermal Power Plant No 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Pao-tou Airfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Pao-tou Railroad Yards and Shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Railroad Passenger Station and Car Repair Plant ...... 33
Railroad Yards and Shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 35
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Figure 1. Location Map of Pao-tou, China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Figure 2. Line Drawing Showing Expansion of Built-up Areas
at Pao-tou Since 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 3. Photo of Coke, Iron, and Steel Combine . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 4. Photo and Line Drawing of Ore. Concentration Plant 4
Figure 5. Photo of By-Products Coke Plant . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 6. Photo- of Blast Furnace Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 7. Ground Photo of Blast Furnace . . . . .. .. . . . . . . 6
Figure S. Photo of Open-Hearth Furnace Section . . . .. . . . . 7
Figure 9. Line Drawing of Open-Hearth Furnace Section . . . . 7
Figure 10. Photo of Rolling Mills . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 8
Figure 11. Line Drawing of Rolling Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 12. Photo of Small Iron and Steel Plants . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 13. Ground Photo of a Small Iron and Steel Plant Under
Construction . . .. .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . 9
Figure 14. Photo of Probable Iron Ore Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 15. Photo of Coal Mining Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 16. Photo of Heavy Equipment Plant . ............ 12
Figure 17. Line Drawing of Heavy Equipment Plant . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 18. Photo of Heavy Fabrication Plant . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 19. Line Drawing of Heavy Fabrication Plant . . . . . . . 15
Figure 20. Photo of Vehicle Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 21. Line Drawing of Vehicle Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 22. Mosaic of Vehicle Plant and Test Facility . . . . . . .
Figure 23. Photo of Test Area A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 24. Photo of Test Area B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (CONTINUED)
Figure 26. Photo of Explosives Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 27. Photo of Aluminum Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 28. Photo of Calcium Carbide Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 29. Photo of Sugar Refinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 30. Photo of Textile Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 31. Photo of Clay Products Kant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 32. Photo of Thermal Power Plant No 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 33. Line Drawing of Thermal Power Plant No 1 . . . . . . 28
Figure 34. Photo of Thermal Power Plant No 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 35. Line Drawing of Thermal Power Plant No 2 . . . . . . 29
Figure 36. Ground Photo of Thermal Power Plant No 2 . . . . . . 30
Figure 37. Photo of Thermal Power Plant No 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 38. Photo of Pao-tou Airfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 39. Photo of Pao-tou Railroad Yards and Shops . . . . . . 33
Figure 40. Photo of Railroad Passenger Station and Car Repair
Plant ................................ 34
Figure 41. Photo of Railroad Yards and Shops . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 42. Photo of Vehicular Activity Observed on Road West
of Pao-tou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 43. Location of Industries in Pao-tou Industrial
Complex ............................. 37
Figure 44. Mosaic of Pao-tou Industrial Complex . . . . . . . . . 39
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The city of Pao-tou, China, is the hub of
a large and heterogeneous industrial complex
(Figure 1). The center of the complex is located
at 40-40N 109-55E,,,, on the north bank of the
Huang Ho (Yellow River) in Inner Mongolia and
350.- nautical miles (nm) west-northwest of
Peiping. A comparison of World War II photog-
raphy with that of
=on which this report is based, reveals that
this complex has been greatly, developed since
Figure 2). The dearth of aerial photog-
raphy covering the complex renders it difficult
to determine the status of construction or to
estimate the operational status of those facilities
which appear to be near completion.
The selection of industries for analysis
was governed by the industries' apparent overall
importance to the complex. Small industrial
plants, construction materials plants, and stor-
age areas have not been analyzed. Figure 43
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Railroad
Main Road
Drawn from photography of various
obl iq uity(not to scale)
shows the locations of major industries. Indi-
vidual facilities within the complex are located
by direction and distance from a reference
point. This reference point is at the inter-
section of two imaginary lines, one drawn
through the middle of the airfield runway (long
axis) and the other drawn through the center
of the north taxiway (long axis). The current
Bombing Encyclopedia (BE) designation and
identification number have been provided when-
ever they are available for a specific industry
or installation ir. the complex.. All photog-
raphy, unless otherwise specified, is that of
A coke, iron, and steel combine (Figure 3)
is located 14 nm northwest of the reference
point. This is a highly mechanized and inte-
grated industrial combine which occupies an area
5 nm square and contains modern facilities for
ore concentration, coke and coke by-products,
as well as blast furnaces, open-hearth furnaces,
and rolling mills. Although many of the facili-
ties are still under construction, most appeared
to be in operation on photography of
The combine appears to be well situated in
proximity to coal and iron ore deposits; iron
ore is mined at Pai-ling-miao, located 80 nm to
the north, and is shipped to the coke, iron, and
steel combine. Coal is mined approximately 25
nm to the east.
Several small industrial installations are
also located within this area. Other facilities
include small iron smelters, some of which are
briefly described and illustrated in this section
(Figures 12 and 13).
ORE CONCENTRATION PLANT
(40-39N 109-44E)
An ore concentration plant (Figure 4) is
located 13.8 nm northwest of the reference
point. An unloading building has two through
tracks for standard-gauge railroad cars. Two
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A- ROLLING MILLS U/C
(See Figs 10 & 11)
B- OPEN-HEARTH FURNACE SECTION
(See Figs 8 & 9)
C- HEAVY EQUIPMENT PLANT
(See Figs 16 & 17)
D- THERMAL POWER PLANT NO 1
(See Figs 32 & 33)
E- BLAST FURNACE AREA
(See Figs 6 & 7)
F- BY-PRODUCTS COKE PLANT
(See Fig 5)
G-ORE CONCENTRATION PLANT
(See Fig 4)
H-CLAY PRODUCTS PLANT
(See Fig 31)
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SECONDARY IV
CRUSHERS
FINE,'GRIND ING --J
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undergroundtconvevers, still visible, will carry
the ore to the primary crushers, then to the
secondary crushers, and finally to the fine
grinding, screening, and storage facilities.
The next conveyer in line connects the stor-
age building with the sintering building. Founda-
tions for two stacks are alongside the sintering
building. Construction has not progressed
sufficiently for the number of kilns to be deter-
mined. 1= rom these kilns the ore will go through
a probable grinding tower and into a flotation
section.
Three irregularly shaped structures at-
tached to the east side of the flotation section
are probably thickening sections. Two de-
watering tanks for tailings are under construc-
tion. A pipeline under construction to the
southwest will either supply water to the plant
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or carry the tailings away.
A probable filter building and two ore
storage buildings are also under construction.
One of the ore storage buildings will have con-
veyers to a tipple for loading the concentrated
ore into railroad cars, and the larger storage
building will have conveyers to the covered
stock trestle at the blast furnaces.
BY-PRODUCTS COKE PLANT
(40-39N 109-44E)
The by-products coke plant (Figure 5) is
located in the coke, iron, and steel combine,
approximately 13.5 nm west-northwest of the
reference point. The plant consists of three
coke oven batteries (300 by 65 feet, 245 by 55
feet, and 285 by 50 feet) with associated coaling
towers and conveyers, a coalyard, a coal-pro-
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COAL PROCESSING UNIT
PROS AMMONIUM SULFATE UNIT
-. CONVEY ER
cessing section, and a by-products section. The
three batteries have a total of about 240 coke
ovens.
The plant is complete and operational.
Space is available for expansion, but no indi-
cations of new construction are perceptible.
Smoke from the southern stack indicates that
one battery of coke ovens is functioning and the
emission of steam throughout the by-products
section indicates that it also is in operation.
(Overhead
conveyers carry processed coal to the coaling
towers and coke from the ovens to the covered
stock trestle at the blast furnaces.
The by-products section is of modern de-
sign and is probably capable of complete refining
of all by-products. The section includes an
ammonium sulfate unit, benzol scrubbers, a
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middle oils processing unit, a light oils pro-
cessing unit, a tar products unit, and storage
and rail-loading facilities.
An old coke plant having approximately 70
very small ovens in the north-central section of
the plant area was inactive at the time of photog-
raphy; however, it is connected to the other
facilities by a pipeline and could be used if
needed.
BLAST FURNACE SECTION
(40-39N 109-44E)
The blast furnace section (Figure 6) of the
coke, iron, and steel combine is located 13.5 nm
northeast of the reference point. It contains two
complete, modern, operating blast furnace units.
Each blast furnace has a skip hoist, three
hot stoves, downcomer pipes, dust catchers, and
scrubbers. Conveyers carry the raw materials
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to the blast furnace area. There are no pro-
visions for stockpiling large quantities of raw
materials which are stored in the covered stock
trestle just prior to use. The pig iron and slag
are removed from the blast furnaces in ladle
cars and slag cars, respectively. The pig iron
is delivered to the open-hearth furnace building
or cast into pigs and shipped out. The slag goes
directly. to the slag dump which is shown in the
photomosaic of the Pao-tou industrial complex
(Figure 44). A ground photograph (Figure 7)
shows the principal parts of one of the blast
furnace units.
OPEN-HEARTH FURNACE SECTION
(40-39N 109-45E)
The open-hearth furnace section (Figures
8 and 9) of the coke, iron, and steel combine is
located 12 nm west-northwest of the reference
point.
FIGURE 7. GROUND PHOTO OF BLAST FURNACE, LOOKING
NORTHEAST AT BLAST FURNACE SECTION SHOWN IN
FIGURE 6.
The size of the open-hearth furnace building
is 800 by 215 feet; the spacing of the three stacks
is 255 feet center to center and 270 feet center
to center; and the height of these stacks is 255,
315, and 400 feet. It appears that each stack
serves two open-hearth furnaces. If this is true
the building currently contains adequate space
for five furnaces. Smoke from the north stack
.hdicates that at least one open-hearth furnace
is in operation.
An extension, 180 feet in length, is being
added to the furnace building and an excavation
has begun on a foundation 800 feet in length. All
construction activity has apparently temporarily
ceased, although a tall cantilever crane is still
in place next to-,the furnace building. Facilities
other than the open-hearth furnace building in-
clude a scrap-storage yard, equipped with a
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FIGURE 9. LAYOUT OF OPEN-HEARTH FURNACE SECTION.
bridge crane, a scrap warehouse, a stripping
and ingot storage building (445 by 205 feet), a
large shop (305 by 90 feet), a water tower, and
numerous support buildings.
ROLLING MILLS (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
(40-38N 109-46E)
Rolling mills (Figures 10 and 11) are located
13.5 nm west-northwest of the reference point.
This section of the coke, iron, and steel combine
is in the early stages of construction. Excava-
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tions for foundations have progressed sufficient-
ly to enable an approximate determination to be
made of the sizes and outlines of the facilities
under construction.
These facilities will consist of asoakingpit
section served by six stacks, an adjacent bloom-
ing mill, and a rolling mill. The rolling mill will
be at least 785 feet wide and possibly as much as
1,110 feet wide. The length of this rolling mill
cannot be determined, because excavation for the
foundation has not been completed.
I FOUNDATION
1 600' x 200'
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Railroad
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Covered Power Line
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Distance/Direction
From Reference Point
Construction activity in the area of the The locations of these nine plants are as
rolling mills has ceased. A double transmission follows:
line and a substation to serve these rolli?lg mills
have been installed.
At least nine small iron and steel plants
are located within the Pao-tou industrial com-
plex. Only a few of these plants have open-
hearth furnaces and coke oven batteries. The
facilities at these plants are small in com-
parison with those normally found at industrial
plants of this nature, and they have a low pro-
duction capability. Furthermore, the coke facili-
ties do not utilize waste gases as a source of
valuable by-products.
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Geographic
Coordinates
13 nm NW
40-41N
109-46E
12.6 nm NW
40-40N
109-46E
12.5 nm NW
40-39N
109-46E
9.6 nm NW
40-41N
109-53E
8.2 nm NW
40-40N
109-54E
3.6 nm NW
40-35N
109-56E
1.3 nm ENE
40-33N
110-O1E
1.8 nm E
40-33N
110-02E
2.1 nm E
40-33N
110-02E
There are 37 blast furnaces (4 with vertical
hot stoves), 3 probable Bessemer converters, 2
probable open-hearth buildings, 2 possible roll-
ing mill buildings, and 9 coke oven batteries
located at these nine facilities.
These plants vary considerably in size and
production capability. The smallest consists of
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FOUNDATION
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a single uncompleted blast furnace as compared
with the largest which has nine completed blast
furnaces, a building containing three probable
FIGURE 1'2. SMALL IRON AND STEEL PLANTS. The plants
are located in the southeastern part of Pao-tou.
Bessemer converters, and two possible small
rolling mills. All of the plants appear- to be
relatively new. Differing amounts of ore and
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FIGURE 13. BLAST FURNACE SECTION OF A SMALL IRON
AND STEEL PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION F
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All nine of the plants have many features in
common; therefore, a detailed description of only
one plant is presented here. This plant is located
1.3 nm east-northeast of the reference point.
It is in the southeastern portion of the industrial
area which contains three similar but separately
fenced plants (Figure 12). The plant, which is
enclosed by a high board fence or wall, contains
four small blast furnaces with horizontal hot
stoves and associated sheds, one probable open-
hearth building, and one coke oven battery
(Figures 12 and 13). Rows of material, prob-
ably ingots or small castings, are in an open
storage area associated with the probable open-
hearth building. Moderate amounts of ore and
coal are stored in the open within the fenced
area, a practice common at all the plants.
Several mining areas are located within a
25-nm radius of Pao-tou. Extensive exploratory
trenches and drilling scars are visible over large
areas. To illustrate the type of mining and the
extent me of the mining activity observed,
two areas have been selected for inclusion in
this study. One is a probable iron ore mine
located close to the coke, iron, and steel combine;
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the other is a coal mining area located east of
the city of Pao-tou.
PROBABLE IRON ORE MINE
(40-42N 109-45E)
A probable iron ore mine (Figure 14) is
located approximately 14 nm northwest of the
reference point, 2 nm north of the coke, iron,
and steel combine. This mine appears to be
relatively new, since the waste dump and the
two open pits are small. The mine was very
active at the time of photography. The prox-
imity of this mine to Pao-tou is very signjficant
because, currently, iron ore is hauled from an
area near Pai-ling-miao, located about 80 nm
north of Pao-tou.
The mine consists of two quarry-like open
pits. No power shovels, bulldozers, or other
heavy earth-moving equipment were visible. One
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hoist house has been installed to handle ore cars
between the open pit and the loading spurs.
The mining procedure appears to be very
simple. After blasting is completed at the open
face of the mine, the loose ore is loaded by hand
into small ore cars which are pushed manually to
the hoist house where they are lowered and the
ore is dumped into hoppers above and parallel to
the loading spurs. Several rail cars can be
loaded at one time by force of gravity at each
of two loading spurs.
Waste material or overburden is dumped to
one side of the mine or is handled through a
series of chutes and reloading points and is
finally loaded into rail cars at the loading spurs.
This waste material could be used locally as
fill in rail and road construction and as aggre-
gate for concrete.
Another: mine, just to the north, is being
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developed. The exact method of mining could not
be determined; however, it probably is by the
open-pit method. The ore is hauled in at a level
above the access road and dumped at two or three
points from which it is loaded by hand into dump
trucks and hauled out. Eight large dump trucks
were observed. A road- and rail-served hous-
ing area for the miners is located south of
the mining areas.
COAL MINING AREA
(40-40N 110-15E)
A coal mining area (Figure 15) is located in
the foothills of the Ta-ching Shan (mountains),
approximately 15 nm northeast of the reference
point. The area is served by a highway and a
rail spur which branches from the main lines
just north of the city of Pao-tou.
Numerous shaft-type mines are scattered
throughout an area 10 nm square. Each mine has
a small housing and support section which is
road and /or rail served. The main coal prepara-
tion and shipment areas are located at the town
of Shih-kuai-tzu. These areas contain a large
rail-served storage yard, other storage areas,
tipples, and facilities for crushing, washing, and
screening coal.
HEAVY FABRICATION INDUSTRIES
Two large heavy fabrication plants, includ-
ing a heavy equipment plant, and a vehicle plant
are located within the Pao-tou industrial com-
plex. One of the heavy fabrication plants is
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situated near the coke, iron, and steel combine;
the other is along the branch rail line, between
the combine and the city of Pao-tou. A vehicle
plant is located near the latter heavy fabrication
plant and probably operates in conjunction with
it. In addition to the vehicle production facilities,
there is a large test area.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT PLANT
(40-40N 109-45E)
A heavy equipment plant (Figures Ind 17)
is located 12.5 nm northwest of the reference
point. This plant, within the coke, iron, and steel
combine, has produced castings, steel beams,
and plate used in construction of the combine.
The heavy equipment plant appears to have been
in operation longer than other plants in the area.
Roofs are discolored and the plant area appears
cluttered. Cranes, castings, and other objects
in open storage were observed along the rail
spurs. Major buildings of the plant include four
large machine shops and a probable foundry.
Machine Shop No 1 is I-shaped and has 12
vents evenly spaced on the southern half of its
roof. An attached shed (335 by 30 feet) has six
vents on its roof possibly for blacksmith forges
or annealing furnaces. A probable foundry (325
by 80 feet and 225 by 35 feet) with two tall stacks
has discolored roof vents.
A storage yard (1,240 by 90 feet) containing
many large castings and served by three over-
head traveling cranes extends along the ends of
Machine Shops 2, 3, and 4. Machine Shop No 2
has four large circular vents and six small metal
stacks on its roof. Two shorter crane-served
storage yards are located along either side of
this building.
A probable warehouse and a small boiler-
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A large ventilator is on the roof of this building.
Two stacks were observed, one associated with a
probable soaking pit and one probably serving
a furnace.
A group of six stacks and a group of four
stacks were observed on the east side of the roof
of Machine Shop No 4. Nine small storage or
utility buildings are also located in the plant area.
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Plant,
A heavy a rtcation plant (Figures 18 and 19)
is located 10 nm northwest of the reference
point. This plant's facilities include foundries,
machine shops, a probable erection shop, and
final and subassembly shops for the production
of heavy steel products such as machinery and
locomotives. The plant probably operates in
conjunction with the vehicle plant.
The production area of this plant has one
large assembly building which is divided into a
final assembly section (725 by 195 feet) and a
subassembly section (725 by 490 feet). Eleven
small stacks on one bay of the subassembly
section possibly serve a heat-treating section.
The roof of one bay of 'Machine Shop No 2 is
discolored, an indication that this shopprobably
has a paint section. Machine Shop No 3 has an
attached section with eight stacks which prob-
ably serve heat-treating furnaces.
An L-shaped probable open-hearth furnace
building probably also houses soaking pits and is
served by an adjacent tall stack and a crane-
served storage yard. A second L-shaped build---
ing probably houses rolling mills and soaking
pits.
A foundry has one attached section and an
adjoining wing. The wing has six exhaust stacks
on the roof as indicated by stains. Sand for the
foundry is stored nearby. There is also a
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plant area is a probable locomotive erection
shop which has four stalls.
Engineering and design work is accom-
plished in two buildings; one is a large building
with four wings and the other is a small rec-
tangular building.
Within the plant area are two walled sec-
tions. One contains a warehouse, five small
buildings, and open storage of cylindrical ob-
jects. The other area contains a shop, a storage
shed, an unidentified building, and several
miscellaneous buildings. Several vehicles are
parked in this area.
Other less significant facilities, some of
which are located beyond the limits of the photo
and line drawing, include a foundry, a probable
boilerhouse, four warehouses, two square cool-
ing towers, four buried tanks, a pumphouse, and
a probable locomotive shed for the industrial
complex.
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A vehicle plant (Figures 20 and 21) is lo-
cated 8 nm northwest of the reference point. The
plant area is enclosed by a wall. A rail-served
assembly building has a final assembly section
and a subassembly section.
This plant has ten separate machine shops.
Machine Shop No 1 has three furnace stacks on
its north side and a large pile of foundry sand
nearby. Machine Shop No 3 has 40 short metal
stacks probably serving heat treating and anneal-
ing furnaces. Sand, rails, and other materials
are stored in the open. Machine Shop No 4 has
two furnace stacks?n its south side, a crane-
served storage yard on its west side, and a
second crane-served storage yard on the east
side which extends along the end of Machine
Shop No 5. Many parts are stored in the eastern
yard. Three pipes from the steam plant enter
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Machine Shop No 5 on the north side.
Located next to each of these pipes is a tall
stack emitting faintly visible black smoke. A
large area on the roof is discolored. Machine
Shop No 8 has three vertical sections, probably
for testing the finished pr `ducts which are
stacked along the rail line to the north. A U-
shaped probable foundry is served by three tall
stacks. A crane-served storage yard is adjacent
to this building.
A support area south of the vehicle plant is
separated from the plant by a wall or fence. This
area contains a multistory administration build-
ing, two guard and administration buildings, two
H-shaped mess halls, a single administration
building, three utility buildings, and two per-
sonnel shelters at the rear of the mess halls.
Separate residential, storage, and small in-
dustrial installations located at the east and west
ends of the support area are probably associ-
ated with and dep?ndent upon the vehicle plant,
although a wall. precludes direct access to the
plant. `
The type of vehicle produced at this plant is
unknown. Although no tracked vehicles were ob-
served, marks of tracked vehicles were visible
in the plant area near the firing butt and at a
vehicle test facility which is associated with the
plant.
VEHICLE TEST FACILITY
(40-42N 109-54E)
A vehicle test facility (Figures 22-24) is
located 2.5 nm north of the vehicle plant. This
facility consists of two vehicle test tracks, one
oval track and one cross-country track, and two
support areas, designated Areas A and B. This
test facility is associated with the vehicle plant.
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vehicle test facilities with the vehicle plant. This
is the only access route to the test facilities. The
test tracks are suitable for testing both tracked
and wheeled vehicles.
Oval Track. This track, an elongated oval,
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length of 6,960 feet. The running surface isL
feet wide, and the surface width, including the
shoulder width, measures 25 feet. The eastern
portion of the track is still under construction.
The completed track will be flat with banked
curves, which indicates that it is intended to be
used in the testing of wheeled vehicles. The
radius of the curves at the junction of the ser-
vice road and the test track is 150 feet, and the
radius of the curve at the junction of the service
road and the main road is 160 feet.
Marks of many tracked vehicles are visible
northeast of the service road to the oval vehicle
test track. Tracks in width were made by
tracked vehicles. he lack of pattern in these
tracks indicates testing activity rather than
construction work or training.
Cross-country Track. This track, extending
across the foothills, a dry stream bed and open
terrain, is located directly north of the oval
track. The track is fairly typical of those used
in testing tracked vehicles.
Area A. A walled area (Figure 23) is located
at the eastern end of the oval track. A hangar-
type building within this area is under construc-
tion and has three bays. A_tack is adja-
cent to this building. Other facilities within the
walled area include a storage building, a building
under construction, an underground tank pro-b-
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OUTSIDE LENGTH 7010 WIDTH 670'
INSIDE LENGTH 6960' WIDTH 645'
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circular foundations. Two warehouses are lo-
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Area B. An area (Figure 24) north of Area
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The floor between the revetments is wide.
and has a gradual downward slope to the north.
A building blocking the north entrance of the re-
vetment is 35 feet square; and a building blocking
the south entrance is 40 by 30 feet. The distance
between the two buildings is 330 feet. Open
trenches for pipelines and other facilities are
also visible.
The north building has a low section which
appears to be flat roofed, and a high section which
-is hexagonal. Two light-colored tracks,
feet wide, extend from the tall section, one from
the southeastern corner and one from the south-
western corner. Each track slopes upward and
follows the top of a revetment to the south build-
ing. The two tracks enter the south building on
opposite sides. The north building is connected
by an open trench to a nearby multistory building
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A tunnel through the west revetment gives
access to the floor between the revetments. The
inside face of the revetment is surfaced, prob-
ably with cement, for a distance of 25 feet north
from the south building. Such a surface pro-
tects the revetment from, muzzle blast effect
when weapons are fired.
Four unidentified buildings are located in the
southern part of this area: one multistory build-
ing, two buildings similar in size, and a fourth
building (120 by 30 feet) with a stack. The multi-
story building and the two similar buildings
are interconnected by an open trench. Con-
siderable activity and the presence of per-
sonnel and many vehicles were observed within
the area.
The fact that this facility is still under con-
struction precludes a determination of the final
layout or the nature of materials tested. How-
ever, several factors, such as the hardened in-
side surface of the revetments, the adjacent ex-
plosives-storage area, the distance (approxi-
mately 100 meters) between buildings at the ends
of the revetment, and the association with the
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function as an artillery testing range for testing
velocity as well as recoil and firing mechanism
of weapons prior to their installation in armored
vehicles.
North of the revetments is a fenced en-
closure containing five small structures, each
measuring approximately 5 by 10 feet. South of
the revetments is an explosives-storage area,
approximately 325 feet square; it fenced and
contains a single, revetted bu' ng. The trail to
this installation is extre y poor.
A fenced area (6 1,80 feet), located
approximately 3,000 feet east-southeast of the
oval track, contains a probable warehouse (285
by 90 feet) and may be associated with the test
facilities. The road serving this area is under
construction.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Industries in this section include those which
by nature of their production do not fall into one
of the major categories of industries discussed
his study. These include
aluminum
carbide plant,
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by-products plant.
There are also numerous small industrial
plants scattered throughout the Pao-tou complex.
Many of these appear to be engaged in home-
craft-type production. In many cases it is diffi-
cult to determine the product involved. However,
many of them appear to be facilities which are
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of these small plants has not been included in
this report.
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EXPLOSIVES PLANT
(40-42N 110-16E)
An explosives plant (Figure 26) is located in
the mountains 14 nm northeast of the reference
point and one nm northeast of the village of Shih-
kuai-tzu. The type of explosives produced at this
plant'could not be determined; however, it may be
industrial or blasting powder used in the nearby
coal mines. The plant is only road served and
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all material must be shipped in by truck.
The plant consists of a production and stor-
age area.. The production area is secured by a
solid wall and guard towers. It contains four
.large revetted buildings, 15 smaller revetted
buildings, an administration building, a boiler-
house, and .21 support and probable production
buildings. Covered walkways, a safety feature
for manual transportation of explosives, are
visible between the processing, uildings in the
production area. The storage area is secured by
a double fence and guard towers. It contains
four revetted explosives-storage buildings, a
probable test building, and an unidentified re-
vetted building. An associated housing area (not
shown) contains 22 barracks-type buildings, a
mess hall, and a utility building.
ALUMINUM PLANT
(40-33N 110-08E)
An aluminum plant (Figure 27) is located
6 nm east of the reference point. The plant
area (2,300 by 1,300 feet) is secured by a wall;
the tree road entrances are guarded, and a gate
controls access by rail.
Alumina is transported to the plant by rail
and then held in the storage section (380 by 75
feet) which is connected by a passageway to the
two potrooms (1,325 _by_ _75 -feet each). The
necessary electrical facilities have been install-
ed: a transformer .,yard, phase modifiers, a
rectifier build ir J'(310 tbs? .80 feet), and a control
building.y= ower line serves the transformer
yard. riles dispersed by the tall stack indicate
that' Votrooms were in operation at the time
of iotography. The molten aluminum from the
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.dtrooms is cast into ingots in the adjoining
well-ventilated casting sections.
A carbon paste section contains open storage
of coke and pitch, a large rail-served warehouse
(430 by 70 feet), a grinding and blending building
(145 by 45 feet), a paste warehouse (475 by 55
feet), and a small boilerhouse. No electrode
baking building has been identified; thus, it ap-
pears that the aluminum reduction cells are of
the Soderberg type, which utilizes carbon paste
rather than prebaked electrodes.
The plant possibly produces its own cryo-
lite. The light-toned material which is stored in
the. open may be fluorspar. Several of the asso-
ciated buildings have relatively tall stacks or are
well ventilated and may be processing buildings.
Current construction activity ind cates that
the carbon paste and possible synthetic cryolite
sections are being expanded. Sufficient space is
available within the walled area for the construc-
tion of two additional potroorns and related
electrical facilities; however, construction in
this area has not progressed enough to permit
a definitive analysis.
CALCIUM CARBIDE PLANT
(40-38N 109-44E)
A calcium carbide plant (Figure 28) is lo-
cated 13.1 nm west-northwest of the reference
point. The plant consists of a kiln building (235
by 50 feet) with two vertical kilns complete and
space for seven additional kilns; a well-ven-
tilated arc-furnace building (295 by 85 feet) with
two sections under construction, one (160 by 85
feet) with' vertical steelwork started and the
other (600 by 80 feet) where the foundation has
been begun. The tall air-liquefaction building
appears to be complete. No transformer yard is
present; consequently, the arc furnaces cannot be
placed in operation even though they may be in-
stalled. Other facilities include a rail-served
bunker for limestone storage, a conveyer sys-
tem, two silos for lime storage, a boilerhouse,
three warehouses, three unidentified processing
buildings, and six other buildings.
When completed, this plant will produce
calcium carbide to be used in the production of
acetylene for welding in the various industries at
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The refinery comprises a main processing build-
ing (360 by 90 feet); aaboilerhouse (145 by 70
feet); a probable beet-waste processing building
(160 by 55 feet); -a warehouse and packing build-
ing (360 by 90 feet); a vertical lime kiln and
associated processing building; four beet-stor-
age bunkers; a 'limestone storage yard; and a
coal. storage yard. All components are rail
served.
The alcohol plant consists of a boiler-
house, a molasses tank, a warehouse, probable
fermentation and still sections (in one build-
ing), a yeasting building,., and a walled area
for finished-products storage containing two
storage tanks, one small building, and probable
drum storage facilities.
The by-products plant under construction
consists of at least five buildings. This is not
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Pao-tou. Some of the calcium carbide could be
used to produce cyanamide, a nitrogenous fertili-
ze; however, no cyanamide plant is perceptible
on photography.
When the arc furnace building is completed,
it will be 1,055 feet long. Such a furnace build-
ing would produce calcium carbide far in excess
of the requirements of local industries; there-
fore, it is possible that some related industries
may be constructed to utilize it.
(40-33N 110-11E;
The sugar refinery (Figure 29) is located on
the north,bank of the Huang 1-1o, approximately
12 nm east of the reference point. A wall_secur-
ed area contains the sugar refinery with an asso-
ciated alcohol plant, an additional by-products
plant under construction, and a support area.
sufficiently advanced to indicate exactly what
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type of plant it will be when completed, but the
inclusion of a boilerhouse and a probable still
section suggests that it may be another alcohol
plant.
The support area, located adjacent to the
industrial area, contains housing units, mess -
halls, and boilerhouses. The entire complex is
operational and has been in production; how-
ever, the plant was idle at the time of photog-
raphy because of the seasonal unavailability
of sugar beets.
TEXTILE MILL
(40-39N 109-51E)
A textile mill (Figure 30) is located 9.1 nm
northwest of the reference point. A blacktop
highway separates the industrial area of the mill
from the administrative and housing area. The
industrial area is located east of the highway. It
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includes a mill building (1,160 by 550 feet), six
storage buildings (each measuring 205 by 120
feet), a small boilerhouse (110 by 50 feet) with
one stack, and a transformer yard (120 by 70
feet). An office building, a mess hall, and eight
multistory residential buildings are located in
the area on the west side of the highway.
CLAY PRODUCTS PLANT
(40-40N 109-45E)
A clay products plant (Figure 31) is located
13.4 nm northwest of the reference point. It is
-adjacent to Thermal Power Plant No 1 in. the
coke, iron, and steel combine (Figure 3). This
plant produces refractory brick, building brick,
and lime.
The various facilities within the plant area
are as follows: A tunnel kiln (335 by 120 feet)
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most of which is multistory, a forming and drying
building (140 by 65 feet), a storage shed (380 by
140 feet), eight round downdraft kilns (each
measuring 35 feet in diameter) for firing re-
fractory brick, four stacks (each of which serves
two of the downdraft kilns), a preparation build-
ing for the refractory brick kilns consisting of
a multistory structure (100 by 43 feet) with
a drying section (170 by 100 feet), six verti-
cal lime kilns in a tall structure (175 by
35 feet), and four vertical lime kilns in another
structure (100 by 35 feet). Nine storage
or utility buildings .are also located within the
plant area.
POWER PLANTS
Three power plants currently supply elec-
trical power and steam to the industrial complex.
Power Plant No 1 is new and has adequate space
for considerable expansion. Power Plant No 2 is
relatively new and, like No 1, is of modern de-
sign. Power Plant No 3 is of less modern de-
sign and is located in an old section of the com-
plex. Steam from the cooling towers and smoke
from the stacks indicate that all three plants were i
in operation at the time of photography. Coal,
which is plentiful in this area, is the fuel used;
by all three plants.
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Thermal Power Plant No 1 (Figures 32 and
33) is located approximately 13 nm northwest of
the reference point in the heart of the coke, iron,
and steel combine (Figure 3):
The plant consists of - a boilerhouse, a
generator hall, a switch house, a transformer
house, three natural draft cooling towers (155
feet in diameter at the base and 90 feet in diam-
eter at the top), and an open storage area for
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coal. A conveyer, partially underground, con-
nects the coal storage area with the boilerhouse.
Each of the four boilers is connected to the
single stack by pairs of flues. A covered power
line extends to a central distribution point in the
coke, iron, and steel combine, and steam supply
lines serve various parts of the surrounding
area.
Major construction appeared to be complete,
but there were indications that minor expansion
is planned. Construction material and equipment
are stored in an area adjacent to the plant. Ex-
cavations for the footings and foundation of an
extension on the switch house are complete, and
.this extension, if constructed, should increase
the size of the switch house by one-third. Pro-
visions have been made for another air intake at
the blower house. Despite these indications of
planned activity, no actual construction activity
was perceptible
photography.
THERMAL POWER PLANT NO 2
(40-40N 109-53E Pao-tou Thermal Power
W Thermal Power Plant No 2 (Figures 34-36)
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is located approximately 11 nm northwest of the
reference point.
The plant consists of a boilerhouse, a gen-
erator hall, a switch house, a transformer yard,
a natural draft cooling tower, a covered coal
%unker, and an open storage area for coal. A
conveyer, partially underground, connects the
coal storage area with the boilerhouse. Several
miscellaneous buildings, including one for ad-
ministration, are visible in the plant area.
The boilerhouse contains three boilers, each
of which is connected to the single stack by
separate flues. The generator hall contains two
generators. Steam lines extend to the nearby
heavy fabrication plant and the vehicle plant.
There are indications on the photography of
this plant that additional construction is planned.
A considerable amount of construction material
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and equipment is visible on the site. Excavations
are complete for a second cooling tower and for
an extension of the transformer yard. There is
also adequate- space within the plant for expan-
sion. The arrangement of the three boilers is-
such that there is room for another, and there is
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sufficient space for the installation of more gen-
erators, assuming that only two have been in-
stalled so far. `
THERMAL POWER PLANT NO 3
(40-33\ 110-O1E; ao-tou Thermal Power
located approximately
reference point.
northeast of the
This plant consists of a boilerhouse (170 by
110 feet), a generator hall (170 by 80 feet), a
transformer yard, a natural draft cooling tower
(21.0 feet tall, 170 feet in diameter. at the base
and 85 feet in diameter at the'top), a water reser-
voir, and a storage area for coal. A conveyer,
probably partially underground, connects the
coal storage with the boilerhouse. The boiler-
house contains three boilers, each of which is
connected to the single stack by a separate flue.
One administration building and several mis-
cellaneous buildings are also visible in the plant
area.
An old thermal power plant is located south-
southwest of Thermal Power Plant No 3. Ap-
parently this old plant was the only source of
electrical power for Pao-t6 u as late as= On
photography, the old plant is seen to have
undergone extensive alterations, and it appears
to have been incorporated into a small industry.
The primary means of transportation serv-
ing the Pao-tou industrial complex is the recent-
ly completed Ta-tung/Kuei-sui/Pao-tou/Lan-
chou railway line. This line passes along the
southern edge of the Pao-tou complex in an east-
west direction.
An extensive rail network has been develop-
ed within the Pao-tou industrial complex. It
permits the transportation of both raw materials
and finished products within the complex without
use of the main line. The network forms a large
loop north ofhe nfain line with which it is con-
nected at both the eastern and western extremi-
ties of the loop (Figure 43). Railway stations
with adjoining yards and shops are located on
the main railway line, both at the southeastern
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and at the southwestern junction immediate
south of the iron and steel plant area. The loop,
which has numerous spurs serving the various
industrial installations, connects (from east to
west)
the vehicle plant, the new residential area, the
heavy fabrication plant, and the coke, iron, and
steel plant irea. A branch line which splits off
the northeastern side of the loop extends north-
east to the coal mines and explosives plant.
The locomotives and rolling stock serving
the industrial complex may be manufactured,
serviced, and repaired at Pao-tou. Facilities
include a classification yard, locomotive repair
and servicing shops, car and coach repair shops,
and servicing yards. These facilities are also
available for equipment used on the main railway
line.
The single concrete runway measures 5,000
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The ro within the industrial complex are
new and hard surfaced with good alignment and
sweeping curves. The blacktop surface, prob-
ably tar from the by-products coke plant, has a
roadway width of approximately 15 feet; the
gravel shoulders are estimated to be less than[
feet wide. Many of the main highways are still
under construction. Roads connecting the in-
dustrial areas appear to be single lane with pro-
vision along the shoulder for off-the-road vehicle
passing (Figure 42).
OLD PLANT AREA
(40-34r 110-OOE
The Pao-tou Airfield (Figure 38) is located
immediately south of the city of Pao-tou. The
reference .point is at the center,of the runway
in line with the north taxiway.
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RUNWAY
5,000' X 360'
PARKING`
APRON a
HANGAR
FLOOR
MAINTENANCE
BUILDINGS
by 360 feet and is oriented in a north-northwest/
south-southeast direction; it has an earth over-
run of 600 feet on its southeastern end. The
load-bearing capacity of the runway is unknown.
The physical appearance of the runway, including
the patches or markings on its surface, has not
changed since Two taxiways connect the
parking apron w> the runway. One single-
engine liaison-type aircraft was visible on the
southern end of the apron at the time of photog-
raphy
mess hall, a communications building with six
tall stick masts and approximately six smaller
masts around the s6uthernmost barracks, a
heating plant, one warehouse, three small air--:
include five barracks, a
craft maintenance buildings, and a fenced ex-
plosives Bstorage area. `A control tower is lo-
cated on the administration building.
Only two changes have occurred at the air-
field since Two hangars p'sent in=
have been destroyed orsremoveii and only the
floors remain. Within the expjosive,-storage
area, five small mounded`facilities, which appear
to be 'earth -covered POL storage tanks, have
been constructed. -
ADMINISTRATION BLDG
CONTROL TOWER
HEATING PLANT.
WAPF7Wn I
PAO-TOU RAILROAD YARDS.AND SHOPS
(40-33N 110-OOE;
and Shops
(Figure 39) are located in the southern part of
Pao-tou, 3,000 feet north of the reference point.
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tion. yard is slightly lower than the adjacent
holding yard, and cars are classified by means
of gravity. No hump is involved in the opera-
tion. Four sets of retarders are operated
from the small control building.
There are two holding yards: one is an
eight-track yard, approximately 5,660 feet long,
which is adjacent to the classification yard; and
the other is a five-track yard, 2,070 feet long,
which is adjacent to the passenger station.
- The locomotive repair facilities consist of
an eight-stall roundhouse (275 by 95 feet), nine
1otive repair tracks (800 feet long), and a
several yards, and storage and repair facilities.
An eight-track classification yard is 5,660
feet long Between choke points. The classifica-
This installation contains a passenger station,
with controlling length of 225 feet, a water tower,
and ample reserves of coal and sand are also
located in this area.
Other facilities include a passenger station,
two freight buildings, one- passenger and loading
platform, a. coal storage yard, two team yards,
open -"storage areas, and several warehouses.
The classification yard, the eight-track holding
yam, both team yards
the open storage areas
,
,
the coal storage yard and the warehouses have
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RAILROAD PASSENGER STATION AND
CAR REPAIR PLANT
(40-35N 109-49E, 40-36N 109-48E)
A railroad passenger station and railroad
passenger car repair plant (Figure 40) are lo-
cated 2 nm southeast of the coke, iron, and steel
combine. The railroad station is 8.5 nm west-
northwest of the reference point. It is a through
station serving the new residential areas with
which it is connected by a good road.
The station consists of a station ilding
(295 by 60 feet) and a passenger platform (1,040
TWO!
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STATION
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CLASSIFICATION
YARD U/C
' ?1
~;,~ BOI LERHOUSE
FIGURE 40. RAILROAD PASSENGER STATION AND CAR RE-
PAIR PLANT.
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HOLDING YARD
HUMP
REPAIR SHOP
!!PR09 FOUNDRY t
LOCOMOTIVE
ERECTION SHOP
Esc -- ~? ~
J's
7-70
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FIGURE 41. RAILROAD YARDS-AND SHOPS.
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FIGURE 42. VEHICULAR ACTIVITY OBSERVED ON ROAD WEST OF PAO-TOU.
felt long) at rail level. A small boilerhouse
serves the station building and several buildings
adjacent to it. The platform- is served by two
tracks and is separated from the station building
by two tracks. Other track facilities include two
railroad car-storage tracks (4,000 feet long),-one
double-end siding (2,800 feet long), and one stub
three tracks. The plant has seven repaiirtracks
(three are 1,485 feet long, four are 1,385 feet
' long). Approximately 63 passenger cars were
parked on these tracks.
'RAILROAD YARDS AND SHOPS
(40-36N 109-43E)
track for freight and coal. This installation, Railroad Yards and Shops
The railroad passenger car repair platlt, al- (Figure 41), is located directly south of the coke,
though under construction, is in operation. When iron, and steel combine, and 13.3 nm west-north-
completed. it will serve as a maintenance and west of. the reference point. _ It contains separate
major 'repair plant for railroad passenger cars., repair facilities for locomotives and rail cars,
The plant consists of a repair shop (390 by 185 two holding yards, and a classification yard which
feet) which is still under construction, two ad- Js under construction.
joining, machine shops (285 by 75 feet and 20.5' tay The locomotive repair facilities include the
60 feet), a probable boilerhouse, and 11 utility following: a three-stall locomotive repair and
buildings. The roof of the repair shop.appeared erection shop (180 by 140 feet) adjacent_to a
to be about half finished. The buildingwill have probable foundry (255 by 75 feet); a six-stall
six stalls when it is completed. It is served by repair shop 2280 by 130 feet); a repair shop under
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tracks; a boilerhouse;- water tower; and six
utility, buildings.
A three-track holdink yard, 530 feet long, is
located on the southern edge of the locomotive
repair section. This yard has a bed for expansion
tp 10 tracks. A ten-track holding yard, 3,900
feet long, is located adjacent to the railroad car
repair facility. A new classification yard (3,645
feet long)- with three probable retarder control
buildings and a hump is under construction and
will probably be 12 tracks wide when completed.
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construction; a boilerhouse built in two sections,
each with a stack ;five miscellaneous buildings;
one unidentified building instruction;
a turning wye with a controlling length of
270 feet; two repair tracks; and storage'areas
for coal aim sand. Approximately 12 locomo-
tives were observed at scattered locations within
the installation. The railroad car repair
facialities include a four-stall repair shop (300 by
110 feet) with two machine shops (255 by 35
and 215 by 35 feet) adjacent to it; two repair
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REFERENCES
Accession No
Classification
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354347
CONFIDENTIAL, NOFORN,'CONTINUED
CONTROL
CIA
359367
OFFICIAL USE ONY'
CIA
421954
OFFICIAL USE ONLY
MAPS AND CHARTS
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 288-17AL, 1st ed, Feb 6I , scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 288-18AL, 1st ed, %far 60, scale 1:2200,000 (SECRET)
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 268-29AL, 1st ed, Mar 60, scale 1:yO0,000 (SECRET)
SAC. US Air Target Chart,_Series200, Sheet 288-23AL, 1st ed, afar 60, scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
ACIC. WAC 288, May 58, scale 1:1,000,000 (CONFIDENTIAL)
CIA. DCI/ Z-15/63, 5 Apr 63
ORR/ RR-72/63, 9 Apr 63
ORR/RR-87/ 63, 15 Apr 63
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