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  1. February-21-17, 01:17 PM #1
    Enduro
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    Default A look at Brazil's Fordlandia ruins

    A look at Henry Ford's would be rubber plantation in the Amazon jungle as it stands today.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/w...ntasyland.html
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  2. February-21-17, 09:05 PM #2
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    Thanks for posting.
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  3. February-21-17, 11:07 PM #3
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    Heard about this but never seen pics. Thanks for posting!
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  4. February-22-17, 06:56 AM #4
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    That is amazing. I have never heard of that.
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  5. February-22-17, 09:20 AM #5
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    There is a very informative and well-written book about this topic:
    Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Granion

    You can purchased a used copy for an on-line book merchant for less than $5.
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  6. February-22-17, 03:26 PM #6
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    Anybody have any idea what the truck is in the first picture?
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