Tarihin Ford's Geelong shuka

Falcon ute na ƙarshe ya birgima kashe layin samarwa na Geelong a cikin Yuli 2016.

Yana da wuya a yi tunanin yanzu, amma a farkon masana'antar kera motoci ta Ostiraliya, ƙungiyar dillalai da masu shigo da kayayyaki sun wakilta tambarin Ford. 

Daga ƙarshe, manyan mukamai sun fara haɓaka, kuma yayin da muka ƙara dogaro da samfuran Ford na Kanada (waɗanda ke da hannun dama da kuma ɓangaren daular), hedkwatar Detroit ta fara kallon kayan aikin Ostiraliya.

Al'amura sun kara tabarbarewa lokacin da gwamnatin Ostireliya ta fara sanya harajin haraji don kare masana'antun cikin gida. Waɗannan jadawalin kuɗin fito na nufin cewa motocin da aka shigo da su gabaɗaya (da sauran kayayyakin da aka shigo da su da yawa) sun fi tsada a nan. 

A cikin salon Henry Ford na yau da kullun, kamfanin ya yanke shawarar cewa idan zai iya kawo motocin Ford zuwa Ostiraliya a matsayin kaya kuma ya tara su nan tare da ma'aikata na cikin gida, ana iya siyar da ƙarshen samfurin a farashi mai sauƙi kuma mafi fa'ida. 

Lokacin da aka yanke wannan shawarar a kusa da 1923 ko 1924, babban ma'auni na Ford don gano wannan sabuwar shukar taron shine cewa shuka ya kamata ya kasance a cikin ko kusa da birni mai kyau tare da wadataccen kayan aiki, kuma ya kamata ya sami tashar ruwa mai zurfi don bayarwa. kits zuwa kasar ta jirgin ruwa. 

An yi sa'a, birni na huɗu mafi girma a Ostiraliya a lokacin, Geelong, wanda ke kan Corio Bay, yana da waɗannan abubuwa biyu.

Shekaru biyu bayan haka ya kasance nau'in gudu, kuma a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1925, farkon farkon Ostiraliya da ya haɗu Model T ya birkice ƙarshen layin ginin Geelong na farko na mita 12 wanda ke cikin ɗakin ulun haya. siyayya a bayan gari.

Shuka da ake ginawa a Geelong, Oktoba 1925.

Amma ya fi kyau a zo a matsayin wani babban shiri mai kadada 40 mallakar kamfanin Geelong Harbor Trust kuma tuni ya kasance gidan mashaya da (wani) tsohon shagon ulu da aka saya aka mai da shi abin da zai zama taro, tambari da simintin gyare-gyare. shuka har zuwa 1925 ba ta da tsari. 

Har yanzu yana tsaye a unguwar Geelong na waje na Norlane, wannan kyakkyawan ginin bulo mai ban sha'awa an san shi da sunan Ford's Geelong shuka.

A ƙarshe, Ford ya yanke shawarar cewa gina duk motocin a Geelong da jigilar su a cikin ƙasar ba shine mafi kyawun zaɓi ba. Don haka, a cikin watanni 18 na farko na taron gida, kamfanin ya buɗe wuraren taro a Queensland (Eagle Farm), Sydney (Homebush), Tasmania (Hobart), Afirka ta Kudu (Port Adelaide) da Washington (Fremantle). 

A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Ford ya kera motocin soja a Geelong.

Dukansu an buɗe su kafin ƙarshen 1926, wanda ya kasance babban nasara mai ban mamaki. Amma ya rage cewa shukar Geelong ita ce tushen haɗin gwiwar Ford a wannan ƙasa.

A ƙarshe, ba shakka, Ford Ostiraliya ya tashi daga mai haɗa mota zuwa masana'anta kawai, wanda a lokacin ƙananan masana'antu na zamani kamar Geelong kawai ba su iya ɗaukar sabbin matakai ko ƙima. 

Shi ya sa, a karshen shekarun 1950, Ford ya sayi kadada 180 na fili a Broadmeadows da ke wajen arewacin Melbourne kuma ya shirya gina sabon hedikwata da masana'antu.

Hedkwatar Ford a Broadmeadows, 1969

Yayin da sabuwar masana’antar ke ci gaba da samar da na’urar Falcon na farko a cikin gida a shekarar 1960, aikin kera injunan silinda guda shida da V8 na motocinmu na Ford ya fada hannun kamfanin Geelong da ake da shi, kuma an sake yin amfani da jan bulo don jefawa. da injunan injin da aka tsara don ƙera su kuma haɗa su a Ostiraliya Falcons, Fairlanes, Cortinas, LTDs, Yankuna har ma da masu ɗaukar F100.

Duk da cewa an shirya rufe injinan cikin gida a shekara ta 2008, daga ƙarshe an yanke shawarar ci gaba da kera injunan silinda guda shida har sai da kamfanin Ford ya daina kera a wannan ƙasar a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 2016.

Sedan na karshe na Ford Falcon.

A cikin Mayu 2019, a ƙarshe an ba da sanarwar cewa wani abu yana faruwa tare da shukar Geelong, wanda ya kasance ko kaɗan ba shi da aiki tun lokacin da aka daina samarwa. 

An bayyana cewa Pelligra Group mai haɓakawa zai sayi rukunin Broadmeadows da Geelong tare da maida su wuraren masana'antu da fasaha.

An bayar da rahoton cewa Pelligra ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 500 ga gyaran, a kan adadin da ba a bayyana ba (ko da yake ana rade-radin ya haura dala miliyan 75). 

Pelligra kuma shine kamfanin da ya mallaki shukar Holden Elizabeth a wajen Adelaide shekaru biyu da suka gabata tare da irin wannan tsare-tsare na kafa cibiyar masana'antu da fasaha.

Amma yayin da ake rubuta wannan, yana da wuya a sami bayanai kan sikelin aikin sake ginawa. 

Duban iska na rukunin yanar gizon Broadmeadows yana nuna Shuka 1, Shuka 2 da kantin fenti.

Mun tuntubi Pelligra don yin sharhi, amma babu wani martani kan wannan batu, ko kuma kan yanayin mawuyacin halin da masu haya ke ciki.

Abin da za mu iya gaya muku shi ne cewa tsohuwar shukar Ford da alama tana ci gaba da al'adarta ta kula da mutanen Geelong. 

A matsayin wani ɓangare na martanin gwamnatin Victoria ga Covid, wata tsohuwar shuka ta Ford ta zama cibiyar rigakafin jama'a. Wataƙila rawar da ta dace don irin wannan muhimmin sashi na tarihin Ford a Ostiraliya da wata cibiyar da ke da alaƙa da jama'ar gari.

Amma ga ƙarin shaidar cewa Ford da Geelong za su kasance suna haɗi koyaushe. A cikin 1925, Ford ya amince da daukar nauyin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Geelong Cats AFL (sai kuma VFL). 

Wannan tallafin yana ci gaba har zuwa yau kuma ana ɗaukarsa mafi dadewa ci gaba da daukar nauyin ƙungiyar wasanni a duniya. 

Kuma kawai don tabbatar da cancantar ƙungiyar, a wannan shekarar (1925) Geelong ya lashe kambun sa na farko, inda ya doke Collingwood da maki 10 a gaban masu sauraron MCG na 64,000.