Types of industry
Industries are often divided into three types
Primary industry - sometimes called the primary sector of the economy - produces food and raw materials.
These two pictures were both taken in the Peak District National Park. The first shows sheep grazing. They have already been shorn for their wool. Some of them will be used for meat.
The other shows a quarry where limestone is extracted to make cement.
The two places are about 1 km apart!
Secondary industry makes things.
This is part of the factory which produces Aga and Rayburn cooking stoves in Coalbrookdale in Telford in Shropshire. Coalbrookdale is a very historic site for industry. Goods like iron cooking stoves have been produced here for over 200 years.
Tertiary industry distributes to people the things the primary and secondary sectors have produced and also provides services like travel, banking or education.
This is a large department store in Southampton. The hotel below is in Southampton too. These a both examples of tertiary industry.
