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Nissen hut

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Nissen hut. Tunnel-shaped prefabricated hut made of corrugated steel (protected with various substances including bituminous paints and a patented substance called Arpax) with a cement floor: it was essentially half a cylinder, sometimes with windows like dormers projecting from it. Invented by Lt. -Col. Peter Norman Nissen (1871–1930), it was widely used in the 1914–18 and 1939–45 wars for military use (e.g. offices, barracks, etc.).

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Nissen hut

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Nissen hut, prefabricated building made of curved sheets of corrugated iron bolted to a wooden frame. It was invented by a Canadian engineer officer of that name during the First World War, but was also used extensively during the Second for accommodating troops and storing supplies.

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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Nissen hut." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Nissenhut.html

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