A little 'History of London Tower

In 1597, officers and formally as a master table, and 17 first century, the title of "Maestro" was changed to "Master-General." After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, the Ordnance experienced another period of rapid growth, as evidenced by the completion in 1664 of "small office Gun Room ', the current New Armouries building on the east side of the tower, probably the oldest Ordnance building to survive in England. In 1667 the building and isMaintenance of fortifications across the British Isles, was largely the responsibility of the Office, such as production, storage and distribution of weapons delivered to the Office of Ordnance armaments of the dissolved four years later.

In 1685, the Office also took over the functions of the Office for tents and utensils, and then for the conservation effort and the distribution of tents, cars and the like. During this period remained the central tower of the arsenal ofNation. In 1688 the Master General George Law, Lord Dartmouth, gave instructions for a new warehouse to the stairs along the north side of the tower replaced. The warehouse Grand, almost 110 meters long, was the greatest work, the Ordnance would build the tower. Other buildings, now gone, were built or enlarged in the 18th Century. In 1700, however, was Britain as a great imperial power were emerging and developed other depots, effort, especially in Woolwich.The board, wasgain control of the party of small arms and began to specifications. Ordnance engineers have measured scale models and drawings for gunfounders and responsible transportation. The regulation of production, a small gun and a room for modeling office in 1716 on the ground floor of the medieval were listed on the east side of the White Tower Annex, began to be provided by the standard model for the weapons. The Management Board is responsible for fortresses and barracks alsoled in 1716 to create an office of registration and Drawing Room on the first floor of the medieval system. Later, he made an important contribution to the training of cartographers and surveyors. Some employees worked on the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain. started in 1791, which showed the Ordnance Survey.

The board had risen to the challenge of the Napoleonic wars, but after the long period of peace that followed, carried out just at the beginning of the Crimean War, and 1855 wasaway as part of an overall streamlining of the military swept, took out his duties to go to the War Department Tower Department.The report a more specialized role in the Ordnance storage and supply system.