Robocop 1 locations: then and now (25 year retrospective)

[Officer Igor Antunes]

Looks like this is the location of the Monassen Steel Mill:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&z=7&iwloc=A&q=+1134+Market+St.+Wheeling,+WV

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Looks like this is the location of the Monassen Steel Mill:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&z=7&iwloc=A&q=+1134+Market+St.+Wheeling,+WV

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Looks like this is the location of the Monassen Steel Mill:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&z=7&iwloc=A&q=+1134+Market+St.+Wheeling,+WV

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[Officer Igor Antunes]

Wow.

Ive found the correct place, but i just copy pasted an wrong URL.

This is the correct one:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=687+Donner+Avenue,+Monessen,+PA,+United+States&aq=0&sll=40.162116,-79.887557&sspn=0.006035,0.013937&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=687+Donner+Ave,+Monessen,+Westmoreland,+Pennsylvania+15062&t=h&ll=40.163071,-79.886216&spn=0.003103,0.006968&z=18&iwloc=A

Sorry for the mistake.

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Wow.

Ive found the correct place, but i just copy pasted an wrong URL.

This is the correct one:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=687+Donner+Avenue,+Monessen,+PA,+United+States&aq=0&sll=40.162116,-79.887557&sspn=0.006035,0.013937&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=687+Donner+Ave,+Monessen,+Westmoreland,+Pennsylvania+15062&t=h&ll=40.163071,-79.886216&spn=0.003103,0.006968&z=18&iwloc=A

Sorry for the mistake.

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Wow.

Ive found the correct place, but i just copy pasted an wrong URL.

This is the correct one:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=687+Donner+Avenue,+Monessen,+PA,+United+States&aq=0&sll=40.162116,-79.887557&sspn=0.006035,0.013937&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=687+Donner+Ave,+Monessen,+Westmoreland,+Pennsylvania+15062&t=h&ll=40.163071,-79.886216&spn=0.003103,0.006968&z=18&iwloc=A

Sorry for the mistake.

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[Officer Igor Antunes]

Thats weird. I've found another probable location - the Duquesne Steel Works.

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Thats weird. I've found another probable location - the Duquesne Steel Works.

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Thats weird. I've found another probable location - the Duquesne Steel Works.

[CoboRop]

The Duquesne Steel Works (or atleast from the picture you have posted) doesnt have the look and feel of the mill from the movie, where as the Monessen Mill does.

Unless.. Both mills were used..

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The Duquesne Steel Works (or atleast from the picture you have posted) doesnt have the look and feel of the mill from the movie, where as the Monessen Mill does.

Unless.. Both mills were used..

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The Duquesne Steel Works (or atleast from the picture you have posted) doesnt have the look and feel of the mill from the movie, where as the Monessen Mill does.

Unless.. Both mills were used..

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The Duquesne Steel Works (or atleast from the picture you have posted) doesnt have the look and feel of the mill from the movie, where as the Monessen Mill does.

Unless.. Both mills were used..

[Officer Igor Antunes]

That's the point. Was the 2 mills used?

Anyways, this is a link for a photo album, with good pictures of the Duquesne Mill. Some of them has the feel of the movie.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10077757@N00/sets/72157603702038584/with/2189235729/

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That's the point. Was the 2 mills used?

Anyways, this is a link for a photo album, with good pictures of the Duquesne Mill. Some of them has the feel of the movie.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10077757@N00/sets/72157603702038584/with/2189235729/

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That's the point. Was the 2 mills used?

Anyways, this is a link for a photo album, with good pictures of the Duquesne Mill. Some of them has the feel of the movie.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10077757@N00/sets/72157603702038584/with/2189235729/

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[Officer Igor Antunes]

I´ve found more evidences:

"Pittsburgh also got a big image boost when Jennifer Beals pursued her dream of abandoning her welding job in a steel mill for a chance at ballet school in FLASHDANCE (1983). In the movie Beals dances through the Hall of Sculpture at the Carnegie Institute at 4400 Forbes Avenue. Another time Hollywood made effective use of the city's steel-forging atmosphere was in ROBOCOP (1987) when Peter Weller confronts his executioners at the Duquesne Steel Works (Route 837, Duquesne, Pennsylvania)."

Font:http://www.essortment.com/pittsburgh---hollywood-pennsylvania-33049.html

The place was completly demolished, and altough i spent the afternoon searching for 80's, or early pics of the Duquesne Mill, i've found anything that we can closely compare to the movie shots. These are ones that reminds me the movie takes.

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I´ve found more evidences:

"Pittsburgh also got a big image boost when Jennifer Beals pursued her dream of abandoning her welding job in a steel mill for a chance at ballet school in FLASHDANCE (1983). In the movie Beals dances through the Hall of Sculpture at the Carnegie Institute at 4400 Forbes Avenue. Another time Hollywood made effective use of the city's steel-forging atmosphere was in ROBOCOP (1987) when Peter Weller confronts his executioners at the Duquesne Steel Works (Route 837, Duquesne, Pennsylvania)."

Font:http://www.essortment.com/pittsburgh---hollywood-pennsylvania-33049.html

The place was completly demolished, and altough i spent the afternoon searching for 80's, or early pics of the Duquesne Mill, i've found anything that we can closely compare to the movie shots. These are ones that reminds me the movie takes.

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I´ve found more evidences:

"Pittsburgh also got a big image boost when Jennifer Beals pursued her dream of abandoning her welding job in a steel mill for a chance at ballet school in FLASHDANCE (1983). In the movie Beals dances through the Hall of Sculpture at the Carnegie Institute at 4400 Forbes Avenue. Another time Hollywood made effective use of the city's steel-forging atmosphere was in ROBOCOP (1987) when Peter Weller confronts his executioners at the Duquesne Steel Works (Route 837, Duquesne, Pennsylvania)."

Font:http://www.essortment.com/pittsburgh---hollywood-pennsylvania-33049.html

The place was completly demolished, and altough i spent the afternoon searching for 80's, or early pics of the Duquesne Mill, i've found anything that we can closely compare to the movie shots. These are ones that reminds me the movie takes.

[fifth_beatle]

Well, I know that when Lewis drives in to the mill towards the end of the movie to bring Robo his baby food, she passes by a house-like structure on the left which has 3 chimneys and a tiny metal shack on the left side of it. You can see this "house" in the overhead b&w shot of Monessen on that Flickr page. It matches perfectly. And when they chase him down that corridor, I can't see any reason to change locations- it's a fairly simple shot.

So, that just leaves the final battle, where there is a retaining wall, a pool of muddy water about a foot deep, and an overlooking crane and control room. If Duquesne had a better set-up for that, they would only have to drive 45 minutes to get it, but without reference pics, that would be hard to pinpoint. (Also, there's the matter of securing the proper permits to film somewhere else.)

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Well, I know that when Lewis drives in to the mill towards the end of the movie to bring Robo his baby food, she passes by a house-like structure on the left which has 3 chimneys and a tiny metal shack on the left side of it. You can see this "house" in the overhead b&w shot of Monessen on that Flickr page. It matches perfectly. And when they chase him down that corridor, I can't see any reason to change locations- it's a fairly simple shot.

So, that just leaves the final battle, where there is a retaining wall, a pool of muddy water about a foot deep, and an overlooking crane and control room. If Duquesne had a better set-up for that, they would only have to drive 45 minutes to get it, but without reference pics, that would be hard to pinpoint. (Also, there's the matter of securing the proper permits to film somewhere else.)

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Well, I know that when Lewis drives in to the mill towards the end of the movie to bring Robo his baby food, she passes by a house-like structure on the left which has 3 chimneys and a tiny metal shack on the left side of it. You can see this "house" in the overhead b&w shot of Monessen on that Flickr page. It matches perfectly. And when they chase him down that corridor, I can't see any reason to change locations- it's a fairly simple shot.

So, that just leaves the final battle, where there is a retaining wall, a pool of muddy water about a foot deep, and an overlooking crane and control room. If Duquesne had a better set-up for that, they would only have to drive 45 minutes to get it, but without reference pics, that would be hard to pinpoint. (Also, there's the matter of securing the proper permits to film somewhere else.)

[Officer Igor Antunes]

Hey guys. I'm very intrigued with this Steel Mill question. Its atmosphere was so strong, so "RoboCopish" that as a fan, i always look for similarities with our local fuel refineries, or the Santos port warehouses and cranes (the biggest port in latin america). I really like all those big buildings, with iron pipes and machinery in great proportions here and there. Very complex engineering.

Well, i was looking for similarities between the movie and probable locations. I found something interesting about the Duquesne Mill.



Looks like this big furnaces above Robo are very similar with that picture of Duquesne. I've found an little detail that might have some sense, with that suspended house-like building, so i pinpointed it.

Another detail that i noticed: the eletric lines installed over the site, we see lots of then on this picture, and when Lewis chases Clarence before the showdown.

It's a mystery.

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Hey guys. I'm very intrigued with this Steel Mill question. Its atmosphere was so strong, so "RoboCopish" that as a fan, i always look for similarities with our local fuel refineries, or the Santos port warehouses and cranes (the biggest port in latin america). I really like all those big buildings, with iron pipes and machinery in great proportions here and there. Very complex engineering.

Well, i was looking for similarities between the movie and probable locations. I found something interesting about the Duquesne Mill.



Looks like this big furnaces above Robo are very similar with that picture of Duquesne. I've found an little detail that might have some sense, with that suspended house-like building, so i pinpointed it.

Another detail that i noticed: the eletric lines installed over the site, we see lots of then on this picture, and when Lewis chases Clarence before the showdown.

It's a mystery.

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Hey guys. I'm very intrigued with this Steel Mill question. Its atmosphere was so strong, so "RoboCopish" that as a fan, i always look for similarities with our local fuel refineries, or the Santos port warehouses and cranes (the biggest port in latin america). I really like all those big buildings, with iron pipes and machinery in great proportions here and there. Very complex engineering.

Well, i was looking for similarities between the movie and probable locations. I found something interesting about the Duquesne Mill.



Looks like this big furnaces above Robo are very similar with that picture of Duquesne. I've found an little detail that might have some sense, with that suspended house-like building, so i pinpointed it.

Another detail that i noticed: the eletric lines installed over the site, we see lots of then on this picture, and when Lewis chases Clarence before the showdown.

It's a mystery.

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[fifth_beatle]

This is a raw sample of the video footage we have shot so far. Hope to have more in the coming weeks. Thanks for the support and kind comments so far guys!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s3gpiruJxc

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This is a raw sample of the video footage we have shot so far. Hope to have more in the coming weeks. Thanks for the support and kind comments so far guys!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s3gpiruJxc

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This is a raw sample of the video footage we have shot so far. Hope to have more in the coming weeks. Thanks for the support and kind comments so far guys!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s3gpiruJxc