Search results
14,268 square kilometres (5,509 sq mi)
- Fordlândia (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɔʁdʒiˈlɐ̃dʒjɐ], Ford-land) is a district and adjacent area of 14,268 square kilometres (5,509 sq mi) in the city of Aveiro, in the Brazilian state of Pará.
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Fordl%C3%A2ndia
People also ask
Where is Fordlandia?
When was Fordlandia built?
Is the Fordlandia water tower still standing?
Is Fordlândia a ghost town?
Fordlândia. / 3.83139°S 55.49750°W / -3.83139; -55.49750. Fordlândia ( Portuguese pronunciation: [fɔʁdʒiˈlɐ̃dʒjɐ], Ford-land) is a district and adjacent area of 14,268 square kilometres (5,509 sq mi) in the city of Aveiro, in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is located on the east banks of the Tapajós river roughly 300 ...
Henry Ford built 'Fordlandia,' a utopian city inside Brazil's Amazon rainforest that's now abandoned — take a look around. Katie Canales. Updated. Feb 10, 2020, 6:56 AM PST. The Fordlandia water ...
Jun 24, 2020 · Published June 24, 2020. In 1928, Henry Ford broke ground on Fordlândia, a rubber-producing town in Brazil that he hoped would supply his car factories and serve as a model industrial society. Instead, it devolved into a dystopia. Henry Ford Collection Aerial view of Ford’s rubber town in 1934. Henry Ford was a man of many contradictions.
- Morgan Dunn
Jul 28, 2023 · July 28, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT. A view of Fordlândia, founded almost a century ago by Henry Ford, who envisioned an oasis of civilization in the remote Brazilian Amazon. (Video: Rafael Vilela ...
Feb 27, 2024 · It was 1928, and a vast stretch of land in north-central Brazil was being cleared for a monumental undertaking: Fordlandia, a $20m city dreamed up by the richest man in the world at the time ...
Feb 9, 2017 · Situated on the banks of the Rio Tapajós near the city of Santarém, Brazil, Fordlândia was the centerpiece town of a land grant concession, consisting of two and a half million acres, the size of a small American state (think: Connecticut or Delaware), and often compared to Tennessee. The plantations were testaments to the innovations of ...
Jul 19, 2023 · Later, Ford's son took over the business and sold Fordlandia back to the Brazilian government for a pittance in a matter of weeks. Today the city still stands abandoned as a little-known forgotten chapter in the history of the Ford Motor Company. By 1945, Ford had spent more than 200 million dollars (in today’s terms) on his dream project.
