Factories

Side view of Didier Furnaces and gas circulation manifold system, Chinchow, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

View of garage at Ferro-Vanadium Smelter, Chinchow, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Two Chinese soldiers look at blown-out side of sub-station for incoming power at Peipiao, Manchuria. It was damaged beyond repair by Chinese Communist explosives in May 1946. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Wide view of industrial section of Kungyuan, Manchuria. Bridges on the right are the west set leading into Penshihu. Both were disabled by Chinese Communists. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Exterior view of Changtu Cement Plant. Large pieces of equipment laying in yard were probably intended for shipment but rejected after being dismantled by Soviets during occupation. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Interior view of Kungyuan Cement Plant in Kungyuan, Manchuria. Coal pulverizing and feed equipment has been removed by Soviets during occupation through a large hole in the wall. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Outside view of Hsiaotung cement plant in Manchuria. This was the Chinese Nationalists' best undamaged, but smallest, plant. Plans were underway to re-open it. The former Japanese manager is standing in the center of the railroad tracks. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Cement plant in Kungyuan, Manchuria. Sections of building knocked out to permit Soviet removal of grinding equipment to railroad cars brought into plant on temporary tracks. A clay pit is visible in the background. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Silk factory which served as Reparations Mission billets in Liaoyang, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Outside view of jute box factory and pillbox fortification in Liaoyang, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).