Ford Tower

The Ford Tower was a 112 meter high, freestanding steel lattice tower in Cologne-Deutz , on the northeastern edge of the Rheinpark on Auenweg. The construction of triangular cross-section carried a half-timbered globe with the inscription Ford on its top . There were 400 steps to climb to the top. The tower was built in 1950/1951 and demolished in 1963.

In addition to the efforts of the KHD Group to see the landmark of a competitor in its immediate vicinity, the tower also stood in the way of the new zoo bridge .

literature

• Peter Fuchs (Hrsg.): Chronicle of the history of the city of Cologne. Volume 2: from 1400 to the present. Greven Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7743-0261-8 , p. 300: “Ford tower is demolished”.
• Advertising battle for a Cologne car tower . In: Die Zeit , No. 12/1963

Web links

• Ford Tower in the picture book Cologne in 1957
• Ford tower 1950: Ford tower from below In: Bilderbuch Koeln , photographer Walter Dick , image 430175, 1950

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 59.6 ″  N , 6 ° 58 ′ 51 ″  E