Grotteville

Arriving in Grotteville is a peculiar experience, like being swallowed by a mountain, since the entire city is completely beneath the earth. The rail line curves through the Piarran Mountains before entering an enormous hollowed out cavern in the mountain, within which, like jewels in darkness, the houses and buildings of Grotteville are brighty lit by hundreds of gaslamps. The majority of the housing and tunnels are of course within the rock walls of the massive cavern, but scores of buildings on grillwork platforms are nestled high along many of the walls. Dozens of catwalks of varying heighs, widths, and angles crisscross to and fro. Massive steel girders secure the structures aloft, and enormous clockwork gears and pulleys raise and lower several hanging cages and wide grillwork platforms throughout the area, conveying the folk of Grotteville to their destinations above and below.
Hundreds of families have moved to Grotteville, perhaps the most unique settlement in Coreune, hoping to find their fortunes in the deep mines or the related shipping and rail industries. The saying goes that the inhabitants of Grotteville have "gravel in their pants and iron in their skulls," but there is no disputing the wealth that comes from these mines and quarries. Additionally, local fortunes increased when the Resme Tunnel was built, completing the rail line between Trempania and Toureme through Grotteville, making it a crucial stop through the Piarran Mountains.
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