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Describe the Heavy Engineering Industries in North America.
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- Industries which require heavy and bulky raw materials using enormous amounts of power, involvement of huge investment and large transport costs are called heavy industries.
- These industries depend heavily on the Iron and Steel industry.
- The important Heavy Industries are automobile industries, aircraft industries, shipbuilding industries, Railway Wagon industries and farm equipment industries.
- USA is the largest producer of automobiles.
- The important Centers of heavy engineering industries are Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Saint Louis, Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Atlanta in USA and Windsor in Canada.
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Chapter 2.1: Exploring Continents – North America and South America - Evaluation [Page 163]
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