Gunpowder & Fire – Storage and Safety at the Tower

Powder Logistics

Barrels, ventilation, and separation distances formed a safety grammar before modern risk science.

Bowyer and Beyond

Associated towers and stores distributed hazard across the site.

Image Highlights

Lessons

• Fire reshaped policy and layout.
• The armoury today is also a story of learning.

Bottom Line

Powder at the Tower blends power and peril—and a long arc of adaptation.