The Industrial Heartland
Beginning of paper
There are basically seven factors that must be met before an industry
can start to take place in a particular area. Those seven factors are: raw
materials, transportation, energy, markets, labour, capital, and government.
is almost like one big industry, connected in a vast
megalopolis. I'll be ....
Middle of paper
.... is extremely important in this area. Most mines and
mills are located by waterways to make transportation readily available for it's
transport's. Coal, limestone, and many other kinds of mines use the Great
Lakes to transport, which happens to be in the middle of the Industrial
Heartland. They usually have tons of material to move so water transportation
can carry lots of material, it's cheap, but it's also slow. Another important
route in this region is the St. Lawrence Seaw ....
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