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7 September 1954
1954
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Miscellaneous photographs of area
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96 photographs, 76 negatives
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2 November 1953
1. Looking northeastward up road No. 65 leading to
Gleisdorf and F1 ratenfeld. Slope of road about 2u%.
Paved with granite blocks. "oad about 30 feet wide.
Little cr no chance for off the road movement due to
lack of space along highway. 11:30 AM; cool, with fire
drizzle
2. intersection of road No. 65 and others at St. Leonhard,
suburb of Graz. Motorcyclist at left is travelling along
road No. 65, which continues on at right of picture.
11:45.
3. Looking along road No. 65 as it proceeds into built up
section of Graz. Road about 35 feet wide, macadam eurface,
,.granite curbing about 6 inches high, gutters of granite
paging blocks, and sidewalks ad jacecut to builuui gs aye of
macadam, being about 15 feet wide. The street is well lighted
by overhead lamps every 100 feet or so. "ouses lining street
are typical of all larger cities of Austria, beirg 2 to 4
stories high, having large basements, havi;,g walls 3 to 4
feet thick, and having a central coubtyard. 'here are
usually 3 to 4 families living on each floor. 12 noon.
4. Gate into the so-called inner city; about 12 feet wide.
1:05 P2MM..
5. Partial view of Hauptbruok over Mur River. Bridge about
50 feet wide, 200 feet long. Revetments of river at the time
in partial-tMerepatr, were being fixed. Current about 4*
m1leFs per hour, depth of river not known. From river level
to top of banks about 30 feet. Streetcars running in both
direction. High tension wires on opposite (west) banks. 1:35 PM.
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Nov. 24. Exp. 6 View from hotel window, in dlagerfurt,
10 : 00AM.
Exp? 7 rioad and railway crossing at Wcerthersee.
Railwa here cut through about ico yards of rock (mica
schist that rises up as far as 3C feet above tracks.
Out here easily by-passed. Woad leads to Klagenfurt.
Macadam surface, about 30 feet wide, low granite ;;orbs.
11:15Av
Exp. 9 Partial view of "oerthersee in probably typical fog and
overcast ccndittons. 12 noon.
March 13, 1954.
Exp. 10 Stand of co l er:;, mostly :3cctch
(Foehre) about 30 to 50 feet tall, on hill cr, north side
of Woerthersee. 11:30 Acv: . Trees in foreground are spruce.
Exp. 11 Road 1\.c. 17, i:ear Velder. View east.
"oad abut 30 feet wide, war dam surface. Locates her
on a generally broad strip ..f _ nd; farther to east
road is confined tc edge cf lake, as is ra .lway.
1200
Exp. 12 Road 1o. 17. name loxcation ns above,
but view in opposite direction.
Exp13 View uphill on read leading east from Seipritch.
Road about 25-30 feet wide. gees , Mostly ?pruce and
Scotch pine, line both side of road. Surface _f roar is
tar over crushed rck.?.
14:'
Exp. Viek upstream, from bridge over Drs. u river at
RoseF
Level of river is lower than usual.
Exp. 15 View north from Rcsegg bridge, showing
MG emplacement guar?'i.;g opposite entrance to bridge.
16
Exp. View downstream from Rosegg bridge. ]?crest on
left side of mixed coniferous ( spruce, Scotch pine) and
deciduous. Drau here about 60 yards wide, has gravel
banks, is lined with bushes and low tree;. River plains
are about 10 to 15 `set above water line.
Exp. 17 View to east on road on south side of
Woerttrsee. Scrub and mixed forest line road. 1500
Exp.18 View on same road as above, in opposite
direction.
Exp. 19. View to south;cf stand of Fines on the
north slope of the Sattnitz. Lay is cloudy but rot dull.
Trees 30-40 feet high, around a foot in diameter; little
, uld erbru8h. 1500
Exp. 20. Glary ,river. View to east from wooden
birdge (limit; 3 tons) at 3urntz. River swift and
almost level with banks.- "art of river here diverted
foAilla.
Exp. 21. View southeast to slopes of Sattnitz.
Mostly pines; Scotch pine,and larch(lighter color, shed leaves)
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Y.ex413Prt.1104 et .across part of the Klagenfurt Basin
,Ppt_ pf,Klagenfurt . The land here is
Ord there re no_renc.es or hay racks. quite flat,
.? Railwa-Y east of Klagenfurt, looking east from road
roBeing north of Z04., 4 PM
?tir River, looking south from bridge on highway e:=; st
cf ,la.genfYrt. Local Bource
says river is usually as low
as;ctre show a.
During rainy spell in June-July of 1954,
however, the river was quite swplLen. :l
5 PM,
r0,0.,., fr,,;u bridge crossit,g Gurk river, view south.
T41stream 10, quite swift, and may take most of the water
df . tire, aurk. 4:15 PM
r
c vow Gurk bridge. 93.3 meters long
(LichAweite., limit per truck, 120,000 93.3 meters
4:20 PM.
27. View of undrside of murk bridge, looking to east. 4:30 PM.
April 19. 28. View from small wooden bridge over Glar river north of
Klagenfurt., Here the Glan is about 40 fee
about 4 feet high, and partially tree lined.wiFlatwfloodank8
Plains on both sides of river. 1:45 PM. View south.
29. View of.bridge over Glan, same as in picture no. 28.
Capac ' ty marked as 2* tons. View east.
26. Looking east
36.
32. View $Qxpsg_ valley of Glan, locally called Zollfeld,
from intersection of roads Just northeast of P8rtachaeh am
Berg. 3:30 R 'M
33. View from bridge across Alan river, near Maria Saal,
looking north.
3#. View
South down Glan from location just south of bridge
of picture no. 33. The river here is reula.ted, having
faft,l,y straight sides, and banks 4 to 8 feet in height.
35. Looking Southwest along 4-track siding at Maria Saal
on railway Klagenfurt-St. Veit. Part of Maria Baal mountain
in left background. 4:30 PM.
?. view east over plains area north of Lendorf.
aAl mountain in backgr_und, 734 meters high. Maria
woad partially ele s ec s aT, e b t 4 feet
above floodlainof Glan river,
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30. View south on road between Klagenfurt and Feldkirchen.
Her. macadam surface, about 40 feet wide, eeoent curbs
abo t 5 inches high ho1d8
37._ Looking along raod leading to Klagenfurt near Maria Baal.
Read ab ut 25 feet wide, macadam surface, and in parts ele-
vated about 5 feet above the lower flatter graund to the left.
38,39,& 401, Fa$tial panorama of the landing field and
hangars at Annabichl, north of Kla enfurt.
the Maria Baal and bechtiger mountains, and to
the rightaare
the Sattnitz and Karawanken (higher, with snow on peaks)
mountains. jkiis is the only airfield in the Klagenfurt Basin and,is around aoff
group to right is
glid rtthat hadebe public.
in air.
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 aceoss bridge over Drau river near Gallizien,
72. Looking
called Anna ridge. Th,1* Is . structure replacing
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o Midurin de the twar. View is
rorthxe~twar , to-Yard' the 3attnitzir.runtain.
the under structure `of the Anna bridge at
74. Looking downstream from the right `foot of ' the Anna
$T ge at Oa lizien. The Drau wasflocdine its banks and
much of too swampy lowland adjacent to the river was sub-
merged, the result of a prolonged rainy spell. To tree
lest is part' of the Sattnit z mountain which rises here
1Q O. 'set abpve the r ,v:er. to the ri ght is seen some cf t :e
m'p ' forrestp which line the river for much of `. t s ;ourse;
the main trees 'are hazelnut 'arid oak. (%)
~~. View upstream from the right fo t of t Ke Anna bridge,
showing the ;Drau river at flood level
76. View of, typical eonditic--s along road leading to
Diex, on the elopes of the Sau Alps. This road is very
narrow and winding, has, many bridFres,has grades up to
25-30%.
77. Lookin a uuth over part of the eastern end of the
Klagenfurt B s~ln`, even from a road leading to Diex from
me#;era north cf V8lkermarkt. In
Haimbur about 5 kilometers
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'o~egraund ie road ~Ai
78. View of grain fields and drying hay mair/Pr1 ckl.
The
t he
Kla,~enfrt Bsn. ?v~ Itj Tea are ut up after tne hay is
cut for the first rt mew i c imay a ar,,and the f i rat. hart
of July and are leftthroughout the summer and into t e fall
as subsequent hay grows. `These haystacks could prevent any
maps landing operations by planes or gliders. Lirection of
view unknown, but probablyeast
.method d on poles is typical 1 r most of
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April 19, 1954
41. Glider at air field et Annabiohl. Barbed wire fence
in foreground
April 29, 1954
42. View from bridge crossing tracks towards the station (right)
and yards at Villach. 4;30 PM, rainy.
43. View from same bridge near station at Villach, looking
west in opposite direction.
44. row bridge at Villach, looking upstream of Drau river.
45. View of bridge over Drau river at Villach from point
upstream from bridge.
46. View of Drau river bridge, seen from downstream. Revetted
banks about 15 feet high
May 1,195447. Looking southeast over the Laibach bash,, frc m a point
on the railway 10 to 12 kilometers *outhvest of Laibach
(Ljubljana). Here the soils are damp as the w,.tcr tatle
is quite high owing to poor drainaze. Flo; ding occurs espe-
cially winter.
48. Laibach river, looking scutti.' the river was rat.ier
high and some of the adjacent lowlands were flooded.
49. Bridge opposite new station at Borovnica. Line formerly
used bridge that crossed valley, but as this was destroyed
during the war, the double tracked railway tkkes -longer
route around side of valley. along this section, there are
few gentle slopes, and tue railroad utilizes .nany cuts and
fills.
50. View of part of the new read Laibaoh-Trieste, here
adjacent to railway. This location about 5 minutes pouth
of Logatec. Limestone mountains are only partially covered
with thin stands of pines, and much of the surface is bare
? rook.
May 2,1954 51. Looking east on,road to Celle, just east of Lukovica.
Road is of gravel on crushed limestone , is about 20 feet
wide and winds considerably. Is said to stay dry in rainy
weather.
52. Looking in opposite direction, to the west from point
from which picture no. 51 was made. hoad is under construc-
tion and should be finished this year ( 1954). The terrain
here is fairly rough and this road is the only one possible
throu3h% this part of the country
53. Typical limestone scenery, at kilometer 158 from
Laibach, in vicinity of Crna. Forests of spruce, fir and
larch.
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54. View from wooden bridge at Unlerdrauburg, lc;oking
downstream., he prau ,xiver in the section from here,
or even far`ttier upstream as far as VBlkermarkt, to
Warburg (Maribor), is deeply incised and is bordered by steep
terraces,
55. the Hydro-electric work near Marburg (Maribor).
56. New Hydro-electric plant on Urau river, short distance
downstream from Unterdrauburg. (About 50 km. from Crna)
May 9, 1954 57. & 58. View of wooden bridge at Spielfeld, taken from.
the station wards at town
59. Railway, bridge branching to tree east from place Just
north of the ., 5pielfeld. Mur river at this time was flooding
is banks and the nearby lowlands.
60. View of tre tracks just north of Spielfeld.
61. View of bridge over the Mur river north of Spielfeld.
6,1954
62. View of the flooded Mur river about five minutes
north of Spielfeld. Large areas of the lowlands were
submerged, as a result of prolonged rainfall
63. Looking westward at customs houses or the Austro-
e 4v ly Team paeaaues between the Austrian proviuce -f'
,Ur ~
hia
Cazi:t and Yugoslavia, and there is a single track rail-
way acid a road utilizing the pass. x he railway runs on
the em4ankaant at the ri=ht of the picture. On the Austrian
side of the border, in addition to the two or three men
police and customs officials-- taking care of the frontier,
there was several hundred yards away a barracks housing a
contingent. . of; the so-called state police. On the Yugoslav
side, there were visible quite a number of troops, and it
was said that: all along th border there were border patrols
roughly one-half hour apart.
genfurt
from Klag
64. Typical road conditions along road leading/to Loibl
Pass. Elsewhere, the road is walled by steep cliffs, or
clings the side of a nearly perpendicular mountain side.
ULring the war, movement of vehicles over this road was
effectively hampered by partisan fighters who took advan-
tage of tree rugged forested terrain.
65 through 71. Panorama of the Rosental, the valley of the
Drau river south of Klagenfurt, taken facing south from
the castle Hollenburg.
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