A powder tower , occasionally also powder house , 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. Buildings formerly used as powder towers include the following: Langer Turm, Aachen Pulvertürmchen in Aachen Pulverturm, Andernach Pulverturm, Anklam Pulverturm, Bad Bentheim Pulverturm, Bad Reichenhall 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 Pulverturm, Quedlinburg Pulverturm, Rheinberg Powder Tower, Riga Pulverturm, Schlanders Pulverturm, Straubing Pulverturm, Templin Pulverturm, Vellberg Pulverturm, Wiedenbrück Pulverturm, Zofingen Pulverturm in ZwickauThe Pulverturm, Demmin, bears the name, but was probably not used for this purpose.
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