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Harvey| Town in the southwest of Western Australia, 140 km/87 mi south of Perth; population (1996) 2,500. Industries include dairying, beef, citrus fruits, and market gardening. |
| Harvey developed during the 1890s at the centre of a mixed agricultural and pastoral district. Much of the area around Harvey was irrigated during the 1930s as a means of providing employment during the Great Depression. |
Harvey| City in Cook County, northeastern Illinois, a suburb 21 km/13 mi south of Chicago; population (1990) 29,800. Local industries produce diesel engines, castings and forgings, railroad equipment, and highway and other machinery. The city is also a centre for petroleum research and development. |
| Established as South Lawn in 1873, Harvey was renamed after a lumber baron who bought the land and organized a land association to attract residential and industrial development. During the 1890s, machine-shop and metalworking industries were founded here. |
Harvey| Unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, southeastern Louisiana; population (1990) 21,200. Harvey stands on the west (south) bank of the Mississippi River, opposite New Orleans and just southwest of Gretna. |
| The Harvey Canal connects the Mississippi River to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at Harvey. The settlement is largely residential, with a variety of riverfront and canalside docks and industries producing chemicals, machinery, and foodstuffs. |
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