Quonset huts at Point Mugu, California in 1946 (Laguna Peak in background)A Quonset hut being put in place at the 598th Engineer Base Depot in Japan, post-World War II
A Quonset hut/ˈkwɒnsɪt/ is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel with a semi-circular cross-section. The design was developed in the United States based on the Nissen hut introduced by the British during World War I. Hundreds of thousands were produced during World War II, and military surplus was sold to the public. The name comes from the site of their first deployment at Quonset Point at the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center in Davisville, Rhode Island.[1]
^Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940–1946, volume 1, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1947.
A Quonsethut /ˈkwɒnsɪt/ is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel with a semi-circular cross-section. The design was developed...
QuonsetHut Studio was a music recording studio established in 1954 in Nashville, Tennessee by brothers Harold and Owen Bradley as Bradley's Film & Recording...
the Second World War and was adapted as the similar Quonsethut in the United States. A Nissen hut is made from a sheet of metal bent into half a cylinder...
Naval Construction Battalions known as the Seabees. Quonset Point also gave its name to the Quonsethut, a standardized temporary structure used by the U...
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widely known from the Quonsethut, which was first manufactured there. Quonset is an Algonquian word meaning "small, long place". Quonset Point was the location...
The Jamesway hut is a portable and easy-to-assemble hut, designed for polar weather conditions. This version of the Quonsethut was created by James Manufacturing...
Construction Battalion Center, Davisville) was also the birthplace of the Quonsethut. These semi-cylindrically shaped, prefabricated, portable buildings were...
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to broaden country music's appeal by incorporating pop elements. The QuonsetHut Studio, owned by Bradley, became a focal point for this new sound, contributing...
after which they imprisoned the two men for a period of three weeks in a Quonsethut in Westpoort, a part of Amsterdam, asking a ransom for Heineken of 35...
market but merchants quickly pooled their funds to purchase a war surplus Quonsethut to house North Market. Though the merchants bought the building, the...
it can't stop there. It always has to keep developing to keep fresh." QuonsetHut Studio, RCA Studio B and later RCA Studio A, located directly center...
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retractable seating, public art and a technological arena. Because of the Quonsethut-like appearance of its roof and the fact that American Airlines holds...
skulls as having a broad and round nasal cavity; no dam or nasal sill; Quonsethut-shaped nasal bones; notable facial projection in the jaw and mouth area...
the Iris huts were used for, but the presence of ventilated panels suggests that they were used to store flammable goods. Quonsethut B hut Dymaxion deployment...
World War II, surplus Quonsethuts became popular as housing in Hawaii. They became known as 'kamaboko houses' due to the Quonsethut's half-cylindrical shape...
Weteringplantsoen [nl] in Amsterdam. They were imprisoned for three weeks in a Quonsethut, belonging to Boellaard's wood manufacturing company, at business park...
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