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A powder tower (
German: Pulverturm), occasionally also powder house (Pulverhaus), was a building used by the
military or by
mining companies, frequently a
tower, to store
gunpowder or, later,
explosives. They were common until the 20th century, but were increasingly succeeded by
gunpowder magazines and
ammunition depots. The explosion of a powder tower could be catastrophic as, for example, in the
Delft Explosion of 1654.
List of powder towers
Buildings formerly used as powder towers include the following:
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