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willy3486
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Fordlandia

Post by willy3486 »

I love history and photos of abandoned old places. Here is a piece of Ford history, Fordlandia. Its in south America and is a neat bit of trivia.
Here are some links, enjoy.

http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/ ... andia.html

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-ruins-of-fordlandia

http://passingstrangeness.wordpress.com ... -belterra/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =111297852

http://fordlandia.com/fordlandia-a-short-history/

And here are some photos
http://www.latinphoto.org/latinphoto-cg ... fordlandia

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=forlandia&m=text

If you know of any more photos post them as well.
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Post by Greg D »

Cool stuff Willy!
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Post by ezernut9mm »

i think the history channel had a show on that. henry was really into the whole picture.
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Post by BIGTRIP »

lol fordlandia was my cybernation. i gave it to my friend and he PWNS with it.
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Truckero
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Post by Truckero »

wow, that's cool
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