The Oxygen Plant

Peenemunde

 

 

In November 1938 Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch gave the green light for further development of the Peenemünde rocket programs and the mass-production of rockets. This development also fuelled the need for the production of liquid oxygen, since the A4 (V2) rocket used this component mixed with water dilluted alcohol as a propellant. A single rocket needed 4 tons of each component alone just to succesfully lift off.
For this purpose a larger Liquid Oxygen plant "Sauerstoffwerk II" was built near the village center of Peenemünde starting from the end of 1939 using forced labour. The dimensions of the building were to be 70 metres long, about 42 metres wide and approximately 20 metres high. The structure was very much set up like that of a basilica. Progress of the initial construction was slow due to the extreme winter of 1940.

 

 

 

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