Powder tower
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A powder tower (German: Pulverturm), occasionally also powder house (Pulverhaus) is 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. The explosion of a powder tower could be catastrophic as, for example, in the Delft Explosion of 1654.
Buildings formerly used as powder towers include the following:
- Langer Turm, Aachen
- Pulvertürmchen in Aachen
- Pulverturm, Andernach
- Pulverturm, Anklam
- Pulverturm, Bad Bentheim
- Bremer Pulvertürme
- Pulverturm, Burghausen
- Malteserturm in Chur
- Knochenturm in Einbeck
- Pulverturm, Greiz
- Färberturm, Gunzenhausen
- Pulverturm, Johanngeorgenstadt
- Pulverturm, Jena
- Pulverturm, Krems
- Pulverturm, Leutkirch im Allgäu
- Pulverturm, Lindau
- Pulverturm Lingen, Ems
- Pulverturm, Linz am Rhein
- Pulverturm, Mainz
- Pulverturm, Memmingen
- Pulverturm, Merano
- Pulverturm, Meschede
- Pulverturm, Munich
- Buddenturm in Münster
- Pulverturm, Ochsenfurt
- Pulverturm, Oldenburg
- Powder Tower, Otjimbingwe, Namibia
- Powder Tower, Prague (Prašná brána)
- Pulverturm, Quedlinburg
- Pulverturm, Rheinberg
- Powder Tower, Riga (Pulvertornis)
- Pulverturm, Schlanders
- Pulverturm, Straubing
- Pulverturm, Templin
- Pulverturm, Vellberg
- Pulverturm, Wiedenbrück
- Pulverturm, Zofingen
- Pulverturm in Zwickau
The Pulverturm, Demmin, bears the name, but was probably not used for this purpose.
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The Powder Tower in Prague
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Pulverturm in Oldenburg with remains of the old town wall
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Pulverturm Wiedenbrück, exterior view
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Pulverturm in Landsberg am Lech
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Pulverturm in Lindau
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Pulverturm in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
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Pulverturm in Riga
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Pulverturm in Memmingen
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Langer Turm in Aachen
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Pulverturm in Linz am Rhein
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Pulverturm in Rottenburg/Neckar
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Pulverturm in Johanngeorgenstadt
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Pulverturm in Otjimbingwe, Namibia
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Pulverturm in Zofingen
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Pulverturm in Zwickau
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