Factories

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Mukden, Manchuria. Tank made in boiler shop before removal of boiler making machinery and machine tools which were removed during Soviet occupancy. Edwin Pauley in center, in uniform. 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 in Anshan, Manchuria. Winch used for removal of equipment in blooming mill (steel rolling). 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 in Anshan, Manchuria. View Number 3 of destruction caused by demolition around blast furnaces Numbers 2, 1 and 4 attributed by Chinese Nationalist authorities to Chinese Communist army after considerable key mechanical and electrical equipment had been stripped from blast furnaces Numbers 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 during period of Soviet occupancy. 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 in Anshan, Manchuria. View Number 2 of destruction caused by demolition around blast furnaces Number 2, 1 and 4 attributed by Chinese Nationalist authorities to Chinese Communist army after considerable key mechanical and electrical equipment had been stripped from blast furnaces Numbers 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 during period of Soviet occupancy. 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 in Anshan, Manchuria. View Number 1 of destruction caused by demolition around blast furnaces Numbers 2, 1 and 4 attributed by Chinese Nationalist authorities to Chinese Communist Army after considerable key mechanical and electrical equipment had been stripped from blast furnaces Numbers 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 during period of Soviet occupancy. 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 in Anshan, Manchuria. Destruction around blast furnace (shown at upper left) caused by demolition, attributed by Chinese Nationalist authorities to Chinese Communist Army. This destruction occurred after the period of Soviet occupancy, during which period skip hoists, blowers and other auxiliaries serving six of the nine blast furnaces at Anshan were removed. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S.

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Cribbing placed under blast furnace stockyard crane from which motors and trolleys had been removed during period of Soviet occupancy. 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 in Anshan, Manchuria. Top of newest battery of coke ovens from which accessory equipment including charging lorries, pushers and valve mechanism were removed during Soviet occupancy--rendering them inoperable. 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. Roasting kiln in sponge iron plant showing kiln resting on temporary support. All bearings on which this kiln revolved were removed during period of Soviet occupancy. 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 in Anshan, Manchuria. Building from which magnetic separators for iron ore concentration were removed during Soviet occupancy. Some old separators 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).