tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35485673.post2101957821766782246..comments2024-03-20T19:08:22.587+00:00Comments on Shedworking: Nissen and Quonset Huts: help neededAlex Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10541306582397824715noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35485673.post-51214369772839547572010-01-28T19:11:38.603+00:002010-01-28T19:11:38.603+00:00I have seen corrugated iron huts with brick ends i...I have seen corrugated iron huts with brick ends in pretty good condition. The hut I inspected was built with flexible lengths of corrugated iron, with the corrugations running along the hut, rather than as preformed self-supporting arches.<br />The corrugated iron layers were supported by curved I-shaped beams, with inner and outer sheets of corrugated iron against the upper and lower flanges. The inner sheets were held in place by a wire tensioned over each edge of the sheet, around the inner flanges, holding the sheet against the flange.<br />This information is from inspection where one side of an internal sheet had been prised loose. I do not recall how the external layer was held against the outer flange.<br />The huts are near Ripon, on an old army bridging station off Boroughbridge Road, opposite Newby Hall and are visible in Google Earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35485673.post-21261140216341786972009-07-26T01:20:51.397+01:002009-07-26T01:20:51.397+01:00Sorry: http://quonsetpoint.artinruins.com/index.p...Sorry: http://quonsetpoint.artinruins.com/index.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35485673.post-87407931026907182832009-07-24T22:21:14.266+01:002009-07-24T22:21:14.266+01:00Quonset is located in North Kingstown, Rhode Islan...Quonset is located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. This is a photo essay of the former base, including a few images of the eponymous huts. Also, the University of Colorado in Boulder once has a few of the huts that were used as married student housing. I believe they were unpopular as it was difficult to fit furniture against the curved walls and they were not attractively fitted out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35485673.post-24184238803245360462009-07-20T20:55:46.569+01:002009-07-20T20:55:46.569+01:00I support this suggestion.I support this suggestion.30Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08496456607837011221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35485673.post-46086886481984232122009-07-20T20:49:18.321+01:002009-07-20T20:49:18.321+01:00Have you tried the 20th Century Society?Have you tried the 20th Century Society?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com