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    Katowice Steelworks (Polish: Huta Katowice) is a large steel plant, located in southern Poland, on the boundary between the historical provinces of Lesser...
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    Upper Silesian Coal and Steelworks Company (Oberschlesischer Berg- und Hüttenmännischer Verein) moved its headquarters to Katowice, followed by creation...
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    reached 200,000. Further growth was accelerated by the construction of Katowice Steelworks, and in 1981, the population of Sosnowiec was 250,000, reaching its...
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    secretary of the Katowice Voivodeship PZPR organization, and he kept this job until 1970. He created a personal power base in the Katowice region and became...
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    2680024; 18.9996958 Baildon Steelworks (Polish: Huta Baildon) was a major steelworks in Katowice, Poland. It was located in Katowice districts of Załęże and...
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    infrastructure manager and traffic operator. In the 1970s the new giant Katowice Steelworks, then in its most prosperous period, required great quantities of...
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    (future Pope John Paul II). The 1970s saw the construction of the Katowice Steelworks, which is nowadays the biggest steel producing plant in Poland, after...
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    accommodate an influx of workers employed at the construction of Katowice Steelworks. [citation needed] Among points of interest there are: Romanesque...
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    Hayange, France, who make all of SNCF's railway tracks, and the Katowice Steelworks in Poland. Workington was thought to make the best quality rail track...
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    Zawiercie, the steelworks were significantly expanded, and in early 1970, the government initiated construction of Katowice Steelworks, which, despite...
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  • activity: in Szczecin (the Szczecin Agreement), Jastrzębie-Zdrój, and at Katowice Steelworks. The Gdańsk Agreement, an aftermath of the August 1980 strike, was...
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    station's existence. With Baildon Steelworks and several coal mines expanding and taking advantage of the train station, Katowice quickly became one of the most...
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  • negotiations about work-free Saturdays begin in Warsaw. January 24. At the Katowice Steelworks, First All-Polish Congress of Trade Union Press begins, during which...
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    Silesian: Chorzōw) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis...
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    river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capital of the Silesian Voivodeship. Gliwice is the westernmost...
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  • Scale Car Factories (today key to the Fiat concern) and the giant Katowice Steelworks. However, what political commentators deemed most memorable in regards...
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  • Rural Municipality No. 131, Saskatchewan, Canada Baildon Steelworks, a major steelworks in Katowice, Poland Badon (disambiguation) Bailon Basildon Basilodon...
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    At that time the town grew in size, due to the construction of Katowice Steelworks. Medieval center of the town, with a market square, and a town hall...
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  • agreement between protesting workers and the government is signed in Katowice Steelworks in Dąbrowa Górnicza, September 12. Interfactory Founding Committee...
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    of united steelworks were located. At that time, its name was polonized to the Upper Silesian United Royal Steelworks and Laura in Katowice, but nevertheless...
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    Smelter Wełnowiec, located in Katowice (former Hohenlohe Steelworks), to create Metallurgical Works Silesia, based in Katowice. In 1998–2000, the Lipiny smelter...
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    went on strike, such as Katowice Steelworks, Gdańsk Shipyard, Szczecin Shipyard, Huta Stalowa Wola, Vladimir Lenin Steelworks, and Ursus Factory. The...
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    of coal, which resulted in the construction of numerous coal mines and steelworks. For this reason, this Voivodeship was crucial to Polish armaments production...
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    romanized: Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It lies in the western part of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a...
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    building was proposed to house apartments for employees at the Nowa Huta steelworks, and after the fall of communism, a large hotel chain became interested...
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  • metallurgical products. HSW - Huta Stali Jakościowych S.A. (Quality Steel Steelworks) makes long and flat hot-rolled steel products, and HSW - Tlenownia makes...
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    Ferrum SA (category Companies based in Katowice)
    December 2004 Ferrum) is an ironworks established in 1874, located in Katowice at 11 Porcelanowa Street, in the Zawodzie district in Poland. The key producer...
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  • Science and Technology in Kraków. From 1948, he worked at the "Pokój" steelworks in Nowy Bytom, where he came to the position of the steel mill's main...
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    John Baildon (category People from Katowice)
    as the Cmentarz Hutniczy in Polish. A major steel works (Baildon Steelworks, Katowice, established in 1823, liquidated in 2001) was named after him. Szymonowicz...
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  • BKS Bielsko-Biała vs. Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Katowice Derby - GKS Katowice vs. Rozwój Katowice Opole-Wrocław derby - Odra Opole vs. Śląsk Wrocław...
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