And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I don't believe it is a Quonset or its older British sister the Nissen Hut. Both used curved steel ribbing that was joined in sections to create the iconic arched/semi-circle shape. The one in the picture appears to be a home made replica.
Home business office :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's a freekin' Quonset Hut.
ReplyDeleteQuonset huts were everywhere when I was a lad in the 50s and 60s. Not so much today.
DeleteAh, use your imagination! It could be an abandoned storm drainage system hundreds of feet below the City...
DeleteI don't believe it is a Quonset or its older British sister the Nissen Hut. Both used curved steel ribbing that was joined in sections to create the iconic arched/semi-circle shape. The one in the picture appears to be a home made replica.
ReplyDeletehttps://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge342/quonset_huts-revised.pdf
https://nissens.co.uk/
I love it that the author of the first linked article is a PE as well as a PhD.
DeleteSmokin hot in summer, freezin cold in winter, noisy in the rain.
ReplyDeleteYou got that right!
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