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For those who have a kindle or kindle emulator on their cellphone there is a Ford related book on Amazon Kindle for $1.99 - Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City might make an interesting read. For that price it's hard to go wrong.

I found it interesting for the most part. A lot of money put into that project. A good winter read.

It was amazing to me, what hardships people endured to work in that setting. Went beyond just dedication it seems.

Seems like the story of Fordlandia has been mentioned on the History channel before.
The remains were still there a few years ago and probably still is maybe.

I ordered the paperback. I cannot read much on the screen.

I recall learning about “Fordlandia” on the Science channel during an episode of “Mysteries of the Abandoned” entitled “Amazon Ghost Town”. No doubt it will reappear as a repeat. I believe the Fordlandia project was abandoned due to Ford’s attempt to micromanage and control every aspect of the lives of the workers until they rebeled and it became unmanageable and even scary. Jim Patrick.

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Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:53 pm

I recall learning about “Fordlandia” on the Science channel during an episode of “Mysteries of the Abandoned” entitled “Amazon Ghost Town”. No doubt it will reappear as a repeat. I believe the Fordlandia project was abandoned due to Ford’s attempt to micromanage and control every aspect of the lives of the workers until they rebeled and it became unmanageable and even scary. Jim Patrick.

It also didn't help that the workers and their families were sort of dying off.

Fordlândia 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. It was established by American industrialist Henry Ford in the Amazon Rainforest in 1928 as a prefabricated industrial town intended to be inhabited by 10,000 people to secure a source of cultivated rubber for the automobile manufacturing operations of the Ford Motor Company in the United States. Ford had negotiated a deal with the Brazilian government granting him a concession of 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) of land on the banks of the Rio Tapajós near the city of Santarém, Brazil, in exchange for a 9% share in the profits generated.[2] Ford's project failed, and the city was abandoned in 1934. The town was mostly deserted, with only 90 residents still living in the city until the early 2000s when it saw an increase of population, being home to around 3,000 people as of 2017.

In 1930, the native workers grew tired of the American food and revolted in the town's cafeteria. This became known as the Breaking Pans (Portuguese: Quebra-Panelas). The rebels proceeded to cut the telegraph wires and chased away the managers and even the town's cook into the jungle for a few days until the Brazilian Army arrived and the revolt ended.Agreements were then made on the type of food the workers would be served.
Facts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordl%C3%A2ndia
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