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A city-district which gains it's namesake from [[Steelmound]], a [[Zhao-Arkhad]] forge temple.{{Fn|3}} Nearsteel is said to have once existed in a valley, between hills to the west and the large Varagan Mountains to the east, marking the end of Nearsteel. What is assumed to have once been a valley has since been filled with the layers of 'crete and [[plasteel]] making up the settlement. The topography limits the number of roads, and they’re crammed to bursting all the time.{{Fn|3b}}
Since the arrival of Steelmound, the forge temple has out competed any low-tech industries in Nearsteel.{{Fn|3b}} Before the arrival of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], the district was once productive. After it's arrival, the economic lifeblood was sucked out of the district. Now the lifeblood of the district is the '''Redway''', the commercia majoris, unofficially called Slate Street. Here is where local Imperial Merchant-Barons and other officials from across the city come to pen contracts with the Mechanicus diplomats of Steelmound. The Adeptus Mechanicus maintains several mercantile offices
outside their spire to facilitate commercial negotiation. All are subject to district and city tithes, and though nominal, the deals involved are so large that the income they generate is immense.{{Fn|3c}}
