Mbiri ya Ford's Geelong plant
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Mbiri ya Ford's Geelong plant

Mbiri ya Ford's Geelong plant

Falcon ute yomaliza idagubuduza mzere wopanga Geelong mu Julayi 2016.

Ndizovuta kulingalira tsopano, koma m'masiku oyambilira amakampani agalimoto aku Australia, mtundu wa Ford udayimiridwa ndi gulu la amalonda ndi ogulitsa kunja omwe akuyesera kugulitsana wina ndi mnzake. 

Potsirizira pake maulamuliro anayamba kukula, ndipo pamene tinayamba kudalira kwambiri zinthu za Ford zopangidwa ku Canada (zomwe zinali zoyendetsa kumanja ndi mbali ya ufumuwo), likulu la Detroit linayamba kuyang'ana malo a ku Australia.

Zinthu zinafika poipa kwambiri pamene boma la Australia linayamba kukakamiza anthu kuti azilipira ndalama zolipirira makampani akumaloko. Mitengoyi imatanthauza kuti magalimoto obwera kunja (ndi zinthu zina zambiri) amawononga ndalama zambiri kuno. 

M'mafashoni a Henry Ford, kampaniyo idaganiza kuti ngati ingabweretse magalimoto a Ford ku Australia ngati zida ndikuwasonkhanitsa kuno ndi antchito akumaloko, zogulitsazo zitha kugulitsidwa pamtengo wotsika komanso wopikisana. 

Pamene chigamulochi chinapangidwa cha m’ma 1923 kapena 1924, njira yaikulu ya Ford yopezera malo ochitiramo misonkhano yatsopanoyi inali yakuti nyumbayo iyenera kukhala mumzinda waukulu kapena pafupi ndi mzinda waukulu wokhala ndi antchito ambiri, ndipo iyenera kukhala ndi doko lamadzi lakuya loperekerako. zida zopita kudziko pa sitima. 

Mwamwayi, mzinda wachinayi waukulu kwambiri ku Australia panthawiyo, Geelong, womwe uli pa Corio Bay, unali ndi zinthu zonsezi.

Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake zinali ngati zikuyenda, ndipo pa Julayi 1, 1925, Model T yoyamba ku Australia idagubuduza kumapeto kwa mzere wakale wa Geelong wamamita 12 womwe umakhala m'chipinda chalendi chaubweya. gulani kunja kwa mzindawu.

Mbiri ya Ford's Geelong plant Bwalo likumangidwa ku Geelong, October 1925.

Koma zinali bwino kubwera ngati gawo la pulani yabwino yokhala ndi mahekitala 40 a malo a Geelong Harbor Trust komanso nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi (wina) shopu yakale yaubweya yomwe idagulidwa ndikusinthidwa kukhala msonkhano, kupondaponda ndi kuponyera. mbewuyo mpaka 1925 inali itasokonekera. 

Chiyimirebe m'dera lakunja la Geelong ku Norlane, nyumba yokongola ya njerwa zofiirayi imadziwika kuti Ford's Geelong plant.

Pamapeto pake, Ford inaganiza kuti kumanga magalimoto onse ku Geelong ndi kuwayendetsa kudutsa dzikolo sikunali njira yabwino kwambiri. Chotero, mkati mwa miyezi 18 yoyambirira ya msonkhano wa kumaloko, kampaniyo inatsegula malo ochitiramo misonkhano ku Queensland ( Eagle Farm), Sydney (Homebush), Tasmania (Hobart), South Africa (Port Adelaide) ndi Washington (Fremantle). 

Mbiri ya Ford's Geelong plant Panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse, Ford anapanga magalimoto ankhondo ku Geelong.

Onse anali otsegula chisanafike kumapeto kwa 1926, chomwe chinali chipambano chodabwitsa. Koma zikutsalirabe kuti chomera cha Geelong chinali chomera choyambirira cha Ford m'dzikolo.

Pamapeto pake, Ford Australia idachoka pakuphatikiza magalimoto kupita kwa wopanga chabe, pomwe mafakitale ang'onoang'ono akale monga Geelong sanathe kuthana ndi njira zatsopano kapena ma voliyumu ongoyerekeza. 

Ichi ndichifukwa chake, kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1950, Ford idagula malo okwana mahekitala 180 ku Broadmeadows kunja kwa kumpoto kwa Melbourne ndikuyamba kumanga likulu latsopano ndi malo opangira zinthu.

Mbiri ya Ford's Geelong plant Likulu la Ford ku Broadmeadows, 1969

Pamene nyumba yatsopanoyi ili pachimake pakupanga koyamba kwanuko kwa Falcon ya 1960, ntchito yopangira injini za silinda sikisi ndi V8 zamagalimoto athu a Ford yagwera pafakitale yomwe ilipo ya Geelong, ndipo njerwa zofiira zakonzedwanso kuti zigwiritsidwe. ndi injini zamakina zopangidwira kupangidwa ndikusonkhanitsidwa ku Australia Falcons, Fairlanes, Cortinas, LTDs, Territories komanso ma pickups a F100.

Ngakhale kuti injini ya m’derali inayenera kutsekedwa mu 2008, anaganiza zoti apitirize kupanga injini zokhala ndi masilinda 7 mpaka Ford itasiya kupanga m’dzikolo pa October 2016, XNUMX.

Mbiri ya Ford's Geelong plant Sedan yomaliza ya Ford Falcon.

Mu Meyi 2019, zidalengezedwa kuti china chake chikuchitika ndi chomera cha Geelong, chomwe sichinagwire ntchito kuyambira pomwe kuyimitsidwa. 

Zinawululidwa kuti wopanga Pelligra Gulu apeza masamba a Broadmeadows ndi Geelong ndikuwasintha kukhala malo opangira ukadaulo.

Pelligra akuti adapereka ndalama zokwana $500 miliyoni pakukonzanso, kuphatikiza ndalama zomwe sizinatchulidwe (ngakhale mphekesera zikupitilira $75 miliyoni). 

Pelligra ndi kampani yomwe idapeza chomera cha Holden Elizabeth kunja kwa Adelaide zaka ziwiri m'mbuyomo ndi mapulani omwewo okhazikitsa malo opangira ukadaulo.

Koma pamene izi zikulembedwa, n'zovuta kupeza zambiri za kukula kwa ntchito yomanganso. 

Mbiri ya Ford's Geelong plant Mawonekedwe amlengalenga a tsamba la Broadmeadows akuwonetsa Chomera 1, Chomera 2 ndi malo ogulitsira utoto.

Tafika ku Pelligra kuti afotokoze, koma palibe yankho pankhaniyi, kapenanso momwe zinthu zilili zovuta.

Zomwe tingakuuzeni ndizakuti chomera chakale cha Ford chikuwoneka kuti chikupitiliza mwambo wawo wosamalira anthu aku Geelong. 

Monga gawo la yankho la boma la Victoria ku Covid, chomera chakale cha Ford chakhala malo operekera katemera ambiri. Mwina gawo loyenera pa gawo lofunika kwambiri la mbiri ya Ford ku Australia komanso bungwe lolumikizana kwambiri ndi anthu amderali.

Koma apa pali umboni winanso woti Ford ndi Geelong azilumikizana nthawi zonse. Mu 1925, Ford adavomera kuti athandizire gulu la mpira wa Geelong Cats AFL (nthawiyo VFL). 

Thandizoli likupitilirabe mpaka pano ndipo likuwonedwa kuti ndilothandizira kwanthawi yayitali kwa timu yamasewera padziko lonse lapansi. 

Ndipo kungotsimikizira kuyenera kwa bungweli, chaka chomwecho (1925) Geelong adapambana mutu wake woyamba, kumenya Collingwood ndi mfundo 10 pamaso pa omvera a MCG a 64,000.

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