Concerned about the sinking of Brazilian ships by the Nazis, the governments of Brazil and the United States decided to cooperate and, among the measures adopted, three operating stations for “blinps” or “zeppelins” (named after the German inventor and company) were installed in the North.

Igarapé-Açu, in the Bragantina area, 110 kilometers from Belém and today with inhabitants, was chosen because it presents geographical and meteorological conditions considered ideal for the landing and take-off of airships, in addition to being connected to the capital by railway and highway.

Concerned about the sinking of Brazilian ships by the Nazis, the governments of Brazil and the United States decided to cooperate and, among the measures adopted, three operating stations for “blinps” or “zeppelins” (named after the German inventor and company) were installed in the North.

Igarapé-Açu, in the Bragantina area, 110 kilometers from Belém and today with 39,023 inhabitants, was chosen because it presents geographical and meteorological conditions considered ideal for the landing and take-off of airships, in addition to being connected to the capital by railway and highway.

At the end of the Second World War, residents of the municipality of Igarapé Açu, in Pará, already accustomed to the daily passage of the train that connected Belém to Bragança, began to look at the sky, enraptured, to appreciate the evolutions of the North American balloons that left from the outskirts of the city to patrol the north coast of Brazil, a target for German submarines.