Steel arch buildings discussion
They were initially used as barracks, ammunition dumps, offices, latrines, housing, and for several other purposes. Thousands of Quonset huts were constructed for the war, and surplus ones were sold off to the general public at the end of the war. Quonset huts, which had been created as an answer to an urgent necessity for the war efforts turned out to be a highly effective answer for the very pressing people of housing people in times of peace. Quonset huts were found to be an effective means of providing cheap housing on a mass scale. Quonset huts were cheap and easy to build, and could be set up virtually anywhere.