What the hell was the leadworks used for?

[Cromartie]

what was it for? making huge blocks of lead?

[frosty_141]

good question they sure as hell wern't making anything, or exporting anything, and with cargo only coming was it once every 3 months? seems strange, but then wasnt fury converted into a prison? what was it before? or am i just imagin' that?

[ZombieSlayer909]

Fury was a detention facility where the inmates worked in the lead factory (similiar to convicts breaking up rocks). This was their job to pass the time and get them to do something progressive.

When they closed it down the remaining inmates stayed and the works were shutdown.

[SM]

Lead lining for toxic waste containers.

Clemens tells Ripley this in the film.  It's no big secret.

[Cromartie]

No i dont think so cus you ended up with a giant block of leqad when it cooled so what the hell could you use that for? paperweight?

[SiL]

He just freaking said, you use it as lining for toxic waste containers.

Throw a bunch of slabs together and hey presto, storage container. What's the big mystery?

[SM]

Yeah.  Can't make it much clearer...