Margan:

It seems I was right.  Hubby's team did record a quonset hut -- and of the
type I think you are describing -- at Dutch Harbor. This one was 37'-4"
long and 16'-6" wide, pretty close to your 36x16...don't know if that makes
it regulation or not. They called it a "Pacific Hut."

Anyway, its HABS Survey number AK-34J.

NPS published a book on the survey. You can probably borrow a copy
somewhere there in Alaska, either from NPS, NARS or the SHPO.

Faulkner, Sandra McDermot and Robert L. S. Spude
  1987  Naval Operating Base, Dutch Harbor  and Fort Means, Unalaska
     Island, Alaska. National Park Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage.

Cathy




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OK, serious question folks...
Has anyone out there done a HABS Level I documentation on Type II Quonset
huts? It seems like someone would have done one already. Type II have a
straight base, segmented ribs, and vertically oriented corrugated metal
sheeting. The bulkheads are metal frame with wood panels and the floor is
wood. This Quonset type is 16' x 36'. Our particular example has a door
with a window on either side on the front bulkhead and two dormer windows
on each side. There are quite a few of these around Alaska, and one was
recorded for HABS in Hawaii, but there were no pictures or drawings
available.

Pictures are available on request.
Thanks all

Margan Grover


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