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Wednesday, 24 October 2018

The Plauer-barges of the Polish Shipping Company according to a CIA report dated 28 March 1956

An item reported that the Polish Oder Shipping Company was active in transporting coal between Gleiwitz and Stettin. Iron ore between Stettin and Gleiwitz and raw building materials like gravel, sand and bricks between Cosel and Breslau. She possessed as transport means 65 so-called Plauer-barges with a capacity of 650 tons and as dimensions 64 x 8,25 x 2,5 (height) metres of which 50 were in actual service and the remaining 15 under repair by shipyards at Breslau and Neusalz.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP83-00418R003300180001-4