Locational Importance

Lesson 6

Lesson Aims:By the end of the lesson you will be able to

1. Pick out the key features from an Ordnance Survey map

2. Describe and justify prime locations for industry

3. Give reasons why mining minerals is important

What can you see?

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Your Business, Your Money.......

Its the Industrial revolution

You and your friends have decided to come to Henllys Vale to make your fortune

What would you look for when choosing a site to build your business?

Natural featuresWhat might you look for?• Flat land

• Water

• Workable materials and resources like wood, coal and limestone

• accessibility

Activities 1.Using your knowledge of the area and the Fact

sheet decide in your groups: where would you locate your industry?

You have Chosen the location for your groups industry

Are you sure about the choice?

Man Made features and other industry

What might you look for?

• Infrastructure (roads, tramlines, railways, canals and communication)

• Other industries that have some thing that you will need (coal from coal mines, Lime from the kilns, stone from the quarry)

• workers

Your Industry

You and your friends have decided that as George Crane and David Thomas of the Ynyscedwyn Iron works adapted the hot blast process (1837/1838) this is the industry you want to be a part of:

The Iron Industry.

What would you need to start your business?

Think of the physical and Human factors that you may need to consider

• Roads, tramways, railways, inclines and canals for transport

• Lime from the kilns (used as a flux)• Coal from the coal mines• Iron stone from the quarries

What would you need to start your business?

Think of the physical and Human factors that you may need to consider

• Bricks for the building (silica sand for the bricks?)

• Local workers and businesses• Water from the river• Timber from the woodland

So where would you locate now?

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Mineral mining

So we have located our industry in Henllys Vale....

1. What materials and minerals could we mine here?

2. What would we use these materials and mineral for?

What have we learnt?

1. Give three things that helped you choose the location of your business

2. Which one do you think is the most important

3. Why?

Lesson Aims:

By the end of the lesson you will be able to

1. Pick out the key features from an Ordnance Survey map

2. Describe and justify prime locations for industry

3. Give reasons why mining minerals is important