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Nissen hut
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Etymology
en Canadian engineer Peter Norman Nissen = 1871 1930.
Noun
en UK Irish A prefabricated building, formerly used by the military, having a semicircular roof of corrugated iron.
en James Campbell; et al. Studies in Construction History 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=JDXUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA244&dq=%22Nissen+hut%22&hl=&cd=4&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Nissen%20hut%22&f=false 978-0-9928751-1-4 244 A group of six men could erect a Nissen hut in just four hours. Its design could be easily modified for a range of uses such as hospitals, kitchens, drying rooms and bathhouses.
en 2023 May 31 Nigel Harris The Rail Live story... RAIL 984 36 A row of original, large and life-expired MoD 'wriggly tin' Nissen huts close to the Rail Live entrance haven't simply been reskinned, they have been replaced with new, modern equivalents to the original design.
See also
en Iris hut
en Romney hut
en Quonset, en Quonset hut
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