Peter Norman Nissen,, was a Canadian-American-British mining engineer, inventor and army officer. He held a number of patents for his inventions and developed the Nissen hut prefabricated shelter during the First World War.
Nissen talking to Acting Coy. Sergt. Major Frederick TE Skinn, 29th (Advanced Park) Coy. Royal Engineers, in front of a Nissen hut in 1917
Two Nissen stamps, installed c. 1909 at the Sound Democrat Mill near Silverton, Colorado
Nissen huts at Altcar Training Camp
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
