Steel buildings homes A new world
Quonset huts made ideal mobile and lightweight housing and storage structures and gradually evolved to accommodate uses as bakeries, showers, latrines, dental offices, and isolation wards. However, the initial Quonset huts design presented problems with its expanded uses and was subsequently recast from a sixteen feet by thirty six feet sized building with wall curve beginning flush with the floor to a structure with sidewalls and multiple interior designs. After the war ended, the military sold its surplus Quonset huts to the public for one thousand dollars per unit. They proved so attractive that universities purchased some for student housing and returning soldiers purchased some of the huts for their personal housing. Modern day Quonset huts are versatile and perfect for machinery and grain storage, backyard workshops, and even airplane hangars.