History Main / SteelMill

* MaxPayne blasts through one of these in the third act of his first game. Apart from the other dangerous elements of the Cold Steel Foundry, he also has to deal with hired mercenaries and laser tripmines because it's a front for production of Valkyr [[spoiler:as well as having a military bunker underneath the plant]].

At best, a SteelMill is a BigLabyrinthineBuilding.(RealLife steel mills are usually hangar-like, with large open spaces inside, [[CaptainObvious due to the need to move around heavy equipment]].) At worst, it is a true NightmarishFactory. Its [[DangerousWorkplace Dangerous Workplace]] nature is often displayed by a large [[XDaysSince X Days Since Last Accident]] billboard.

* There are ''entire planets'' turned into steel mills in Warhammer 40 000

At best, a SteelMill is a BigLabyrinthineBuilding. At worst, it is a true NightmarishFactory. Its [[DangerousWorkplace Dangerous Workplace]] nature is often displayed by a large [[XDaysSince X Days Since Last Accident]] billboard.

* The Fallout3 add-on "The Pitt" gives up what may be the world's last functional steel mill, staffed by slaves in loincloths and sadistic criminals as their foreman. The leader, Ashur, hopes to use the industry provided by the mill to build a self-sufficient empire.

* The description given of Hank Rearden's mill in the third chapter of ''AtlasShrugged''. However, the incredible heat, heavy weights soaring overhead, and so forth are portrayed positively as symbolizing man's creative power and conquest of physical nature. Although a furnace leak later in the book does portray the extreme danger that are inherent in the processes of steel production very well.

* The Cybermen set up one of these in Victorian London in the [[DoctorWho Tenth Doctor]] episode "The Next Doctor".

* The description given of Hank Rearden's mill in the third chapter of ''AtlasShrugged''. However, the incredible heat, heavy weights soaring overhead, and so forth are portrayed positively as symbolizing man's creative power and conquest of physical nature. Although a furnace leak later in the book does portray the incredible danger that such a setting possesses very well.

* The description given of Hank Rearden's mill in the third chapter of ''AtlasShrugged''. However, the incredible heat, heavy weights soaring overhead, and so forth are portrayed positively as symbolizing man's creative power and conquest of physical nature.

* Jurgis worked in one in Upton Sinclair's ''TheJungle''. He described working in one far more favourably than working in [[NightmareFactory meatpacking industry]]

A steel mill is one of the closest approximations of {{Hell on Earth}}, if [[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]] is used as a yardstick. Since metal work requires extremely high temperatures, a steel mill is a [[BigLabyrinthineBuilding humongous maze]] of [[EternalEngine eerie machinery]], [[HellFire fiery furnaces]], extreme temperatures, [[LavaPit molten metal]], poisonous gasses, foul smells and, most of all, [[NoOSHACompliance heavy objects]] falling from height when least expected.

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A steel mill is one of the closest approximations of {{Hell on Earth}}, if [[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]] is used as a yardstick. Since metal work requires extremely high temperatures, a steel mill is a [[BigLabyrinthineBuilding humongous maze]] of [[EternalEngine eerie machinery]], [[HellFire fiery furnaces]], extreme temperatures, [[LavaPit molten metal]], poisonous gasses, foul smells and, most of all, [[NoOSHACompliance heavy objects]] falling from height when least expected. Its [[DangerousWorkplace Dangerous Workplace]] nature is often displayed by a large [[XDaysSince X Days Since Last Accident]] billboard.

* In the third season premiere ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' gets sent to a hell-factory that has all of these standard tropes.

A steel mill is one of the closest approximations of {{Hell on Earth}}, if [[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]] is used as a yardstick. Since metal work requires extremely high temperatures, a steel mill is a [[BigLabyrinthineBuilding humongous maze]] of [[EternalEngine eerie machinery]], [[HellFire fiery furnaces]], extreme temperatures, molten metal, poisonous gasses, foul smells and, most of all, [[NoOSHACompliance heavy objects]] falling from height when least expected. Its [[DangerousWorkplace Dangerous Workplace]] nature is often displayed by a large [[XDaysSince X Days Since Last Accident]] billboard.

A steel mill is one of the closest approximations of {{Hell on Earth}}, if [[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]] is used as a yardstick. Since metal work requires extremely high temperatures, a steel mill is a [[BigLabyrinthineBuilding humongous maze]] of [[EternalEngine eerie machinery]], fiery furnaces, extreme temperatures, molten metal, poisonous gasses, foul smells and, most of all, [[NoOSHACompliance heavy objects]] falling from height when least expected. Its [[DangerousWorkplace Dangerous Workplace]] nature is often displayed by a large [[XDaysSince X Days Since Last Accident]] billboard.

A steel mill is one of the closest approximations of {{Hell on Earth}}, if [[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]] is used as a yardstick. Since metal work requires extremely high temperatures, a steel mill is a [[BigLabyrinthineBuilding humongous maze]] of [[EternalEngine eerie machinery]], fiery furnaces, extreme temperatures, molten metal, poisonous gasses, foul smells and, most of all, [[NoOSHACompliance heavy objects]] falling from height when least expected.

* Billy Joel tried for this in his ''Allentown'' video, but it just came off kind of HoYay.
* In the third season premiere BuffyTheVampireSlayer gets sent to a hell-factory that has all of these standard tropes.

* The climax of ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day'' takes place in one, of course.

* In ''TheSimpsons'', Homer, worried about Bart's manliness after interactions with a gay shop-keeper, takes him to one of these mills to show him examples of masculinity. It quickly [[CrowningMomentOfFunny converts into a gay disco.]]