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Grafton Steel is a location in the Toxic Valley region of Appalachia.

Background[]

The steel mill was a contingent of Grafton Steel's greater Appalachia region.[1] During the Resource Wars, the company was officially named a government preferred war contractor, which resulted in more rigorous requirements for workers shift-wise to meet production quotas, including 6/72 work schedules, restrictions on breaks, and elimination of sick leave pay.[2] The company complied with the Wartime Workers Act, paying workers time and a half for the last two hours of their 12-hour mandated shifts.[2]

In addition, the employees of the steel mill were subject to dangerous working conditions.[3] In the first quarter of 2077, there were 123 cases of sickness, 12 dismemberments, and 31 deaths.[3][4] Fearing that this would compromise their government preferred status if released to the regulatory board, the data was altered.[4] With injuries and deaths increasing with each quarter, the company considered an increased push for automated workers, as repair costs would be less expensive than potential lawsuits.[4]

As discontentment increased among the workforce, production numbers decreased.[5] Steel mill administration suspected that the workers were actively damaging the automated machines that had been put in place.[6] They further stated that the human workers were not a tenable solution in light of the loss of productivity, mentioning the upcoming delivery of additional automated workers.[6]

Layout[]

The steel mill is a large structure situated between Grafton Lake and Highway 61 that dominates the valley. The exterior is comprised of a silo and loading/unloading warehouses to the northwest and an armor workbench outside. At the southern end lies the Grafton Steel yard, a claimable workshop.

The interior contains a smelter to the northwest and includes a power armor station and another armor workbench on the ground floor. There is a blast furnace to the northeast. The upper level includes chambers with a tinker's and weapons workbench. In addition, the rolling mill occupies the entire stretch of the southern part of the building and includes a chemistry station on the upper floor.

Notable loot[]

  • Stained note - Note, found in one of the port-a-potties outside the furnace building (cannot be picked up).
  • Restricted access - Note, pinned next to the locked blast furnace door on one of the walkways (cannot be picked up).
  • Important memo - Note, two copies, during Cold Case:
    • One is pinned to the message board inside the break room building.
  • Darius Angler's manifesto, part 6 - Holotape, on a desk in the workroom building.
  • Henrick's note - Note, found in front of a raider corpse, which is surrounded by petrified corpses, on top of the building with the large sign at the northwestern end of the complex.
  • Fortney's furnace key - Key to the smelter building, in a cooler on the top of the smelter chimney.
  • Fusion core - In a fusion generator in the smelter building.
  • Plan: Water filter - Inside the rolling mill building, on a cabinet next to a lunch pail.
  • Plan: Chemistry workbench - Inside the rolling mill building, on top of a set of metal shelves.
  • Plan: Tinker's workbench - Inside the workroom building, to the right of a tinker's workbench, on a rectangular crate.
  • Two potential armor plans:
    • To the left of an armor workbench, inside the break room building, on a locker shelf, (armor mod plan).
    • Inside the workroom building, on top of a broken metal shelf to the right of a weapons workbench, (armor plan).
  • Large amounts of iron ore can be found on the conveyor belt.

Appearances[]

Grafton Steel appears only in Fallout 76.

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