A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure originally for military use, especially as barracks, made from a 210° portion of a cylindrical skin of corrugated iron. It was designed during the First World War by the Canadian-American-British engineer and inventor Major Peter Norman Nissen. It was used also extensively during the Second World War and was adapted as the similar Quonset hut in the United States.
Nissen huts, Cultybraggan Camp, close to Comrie, in west Perthshire
British troops erecting Nissen huts near Bazentin, November 1916
An American version of the Nissen hut known as the Quonset being erected by Army engineers
Nissen huts were used as US military forces accommodation at Mount Panther, Northern Ireland, during the Second World War
Barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnel. The English word originates from the 17th century via French and Italian from an old Spanish word barraca 'soldier's tent', but today barracks are usually permanent buildings. The word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes, and the plural form often refers to a single structure and may be singular in construction.
Late 18th century barracks from the reign of George III, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Barracks in Gdańsk, Poland.
The officers' barracks and mess establishment at Fort York, Toronto, built in 1815 after the original 1793 fort was destroyed by American soldiers during the War of 1812.
Barracks of the 117th infantry regiment in Le Mans, France (c. 1900).
