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Manchu Iron Works Power Station

Manchu Iron Works Power Station Number 3 showing partial removals from boilers for the above turbo-generators. Coal feeding equipment, grates and some auxiliary equipment were removed by Soviets during occupation. Boiler tubes remain. 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).

Anshan Steel Works Power Plant

Anshan Steel Works Power Plant showing former location of two 50 ton/hour boilers. Partial removals of about 50 percent were made on the eight remaining boilers. 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).

Manchu Iron Works Power Station

Manchu Iron Works Power Station Number 3, showing the former location of two 20,000 KW turbo-generators and control equipment. Everything was removed by Soviets during occupation, except one frequency changer visible at the far end of the room. 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).

Anshan Steel Works in Manchuria

Anshan Steel Works in Manchuria, one of the largest sub-stations in Asia. No removals were made here by Soviets during occupation. Twenty-foot thick concrete protection walls can be seen around three 50,000 KVA transformers. 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).

Manchu Iron Works, Anshan, Manchuria

Manchu Iron Works Power Station Number 2, Anshan, Manchuria. Close-up view of damage caused by Chinese Communist-planted charges in a boiler. 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).

Manchu Iron Works, Anshan, Manchuria

Manchu Iron Works Power Station Number 2, Anshan, Manchuria. No removals were made here but the Chinese Communist forces set off explosives in one boiler, damaging the entire plant. 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).

Manchuria Iron and Steel Company, Anshan, Manchuria

Rolling mill of Number 2 Steel Works at Manchuria Iron and Steel Company, Anshan, Manchuria, showing complete removal of equipment 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).

Manchuria Iron and Steel Company, Anshan, Manchuria

Number 2 open-hearth plant at Manchuria Iron and Steel Company, Anshan, Manchuria. Heavy Soviet removals of equipment during occupation reduced the productive capacity of this unit to zero. 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).