Talk:Quonset hut

History

Did Buckminster Fuller helped design these? -ConradKilroy 10:42 04 DEC 2005

The "History" section was a verbatim copy of the material linked under "External Links". So, I deleted it to avoid possible plagiarism concerns. Hillgiant 23:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Price in 1945

The article claims that the price of used Quonset huts, in 1945, was about US$1,000 each.Well, US$1,000 is at least US$25,000 today.An used jeep was then sold at about US$500.I think that used and without furniture were then sold at less than US$800 each hut.Agre22 (talk) 22:52, 18 August 2008 (UTC)agre22

Comment by Jcandiceharding

Cyril R. B. Harding invented and patented the Quonset hut for WWII. These were designed to be easily set up by the corp of engineers to store the ammo in military camps. They were to be buried to the ridge line with dirt. This was to prevent the destruction of the camp and deaths of military personal if the Quonset hut/ammo storage unit was to receive a direct hit. The ammo would implode instead of exploding killing and destroying much of the camp and personal. The Quonset hut was so named because they were first built and tested at Quonset Bay (which took its name from the original Indians that inhabited the area). I have copies of the patents that identify my father as the inventor.

The above may or may not be true; where it was placed was incongruous, on the main page. It seemed to me best to move the comment here, until details can be integrated into the main page. Zephyrad (talk) 02:16, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Based on?

This article states: "The design was based on the Nissen hut developed by the British during World War I." Was it? Is there a reference that shows this? While certainly they look similar, that doesn't mean that one was "based" on the other. Indeed, it may just be a case where the form just naturally suggests itself - someone toying with a piece of paper might just realize you could bend a piece of sheet metal as easily to form a structure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.129.224.141 (talk) 10:40, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

According to the US Navy Seabee Museum, the Quonset was designed from the Nissen: http://www.seabeesmuseum.com/Quonset_Huts.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.192.202 (talk) 13:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

dead link - anything online you have to be careful that it isn't just referring back to some wiki article (hence negating it as a citation for said wiki article).

The US had to purchase a substantial amount of British equipment quickly, in late 1917. For example the 'tin hat' trench helmets. I presume Nissen huts were included. If not purchased, then the US Army would have at least used them in the UK, and France, during WW1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.88.176 (talk) 06:23, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

still speculation

Alaska ban?

No evidence for this supposed Alaska ban is presented, and in fact current manufacturers of Quonset-like structures advertise such for sale and delivery in Alaska.

Example: http://www.steelmasterusa.com/steel-buildings-in-alaska — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.237.107 (talk) 07:30, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Anchorage, not Alaska as a whole, banned subsequent erection of Quonset huts in 1968. It's unclear to me whether it was by the City of Anchorage or the Greater Anchorage Area Borough. The former's boundaries were much different than the latter's, whose boundaries match the present-day municipality. Existing structures were grandfathered; many of them exist today. A great many of them, particularly in commercial zones, were false-fronted. Alison Hoagland, in Buildings of Alaska, wrote about Government Hill. The Alaska Railroad platted a portion of its Terminal Reserve holdings on Government Hill shortly after WWII, creating a new neighborhood. They placed Quonsets on each lot, 120+ in total. It's been many years since I walked through Government Hill, but at that time it appeared that maybe 5 or 6 of them still stood, with 1 or 2 of those being used as residences. Other places in Alaska were similarly populated, I would imagine in any community with easy access to military surplus. The Catholic Church used them to establish frontier churches throughout Alaska. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 20:25, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Penarth?

This seems random to just put a link to this at the bottom of the page, could someone elaborate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OwainCai (talk • contribs) 09:31, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I propose removing this link. It adds absolutely nothing to the article. Karanne (talk) 01:09, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Storage rentals

Another common use for old Quonset huts is conversion to multiple unit storage rental. I could get some pics of a local place that has one with part of one side cut off and roll up doors installed and others with the interior divided up into multiple rooms and a central access hallway. Bizzybody (talk) 03:11, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Pacific Huts

Does anyone else think someone should put a picture of the Pacific Hut mentioned in the article? 96.235.221.90 (talk) 17:51, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

I didn't find at this time any mention of Pacific Huts in the article, but I did add some External Links which have descriptions & some pictures of them. They're basically wooden versions instead of steel, to save metal resources. (Some of those links I couldn't get to correctly show the link to the general source page without also showing the vertical bar that separates the link from the page name text. Don't know why I had to do it as I did to get that part to link.) UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 00:16, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

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