Estabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros Ponta da Areia
The Baron of Mauá inspecting the Ponta da Areia Shipyard in Niterói, 1857 lithography by Pieter Godfred Bertichen, National Library of Brazil | |
Native name | Estabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros Ponta d'Areia |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipbuilding, Defence, |
| Founded | 1844 |
| Founder | Charles Collmann |
| Defunct | 1905 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Estaleiro Mauá |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Warships, workboats, pipes, cannons, cranes |
| Services | Shipbuilding and services |
Number of employees | ~1,000 |
Estabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros Ponta da Areia (English: Foundry Establishment and Shipyards Ponta da Areia) was one of the first shipbuilding industries in Brazil, having been founded by Charles Colman in 1844 and acquired in 1846 by Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, future Baron and Viscount of Mauá.