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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 kilometres (190 mi) south of the city of Santarém .
The town, dubbed Fordlandia, was more than an industrial operation — it was Ford's attempt to establish a picturesque American society. Here's how Fordlandia was founded before falling apart.
Jul 28, 2023 · The first to build a swimming pool, a cinema, street lamps — an oasis of civilization in a remote jungle: Fordlândia. Where Henry Ford tried to defeat the Amazon and was instead defeated. But ...
Jun 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
From 1928-1945, the Ford Motor Company built the Fordlandia and Belterra plantations in an attempt to establish a permanent rubber plantation presence in Brazil.
Feb 20, 2017 · FORDLÂNDIA, Brazil — The Amazon jungle already swallowed the Winding Brook Golf Course. Floods ravaged the cemetery, leaving behind a stockpile of concrete crosses. The 100-bed hospital...
Mar 29, 2023 · Fordlandia: Henry Ford's Company Town Deep in the Amazon Rainforest. In the 1920s, Ford built an entire Detroit-style suburb in Brazil, hoping to build a workforce to harvest...
