Engineering would dominate the town's economy for most of the following century.

This not only dominated the economy but also the area's religious practices, some of which can still be seen to the present day.

At the turn of the century, logging dominated its economy.

Local agriculture has dominated the area's economy from the beginning.

At the same time the public sector continued to dominate the economy.

Trade came to dominate the economy, with exports growing by more than 20 percent a year.

For 400 years, it dominated the economy of its surrounding area.

Industrial development soon dominated the local economy, and it continues to do so today.

Despite these serious problems, agriculture continued to dominate the economy.

Agriculture dominated the local economy at that time, and the town's population was around 700-800.