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The first clientele of this configuration were fascinatingly the US Navy which was looking for a supple and flexible building structure to cater their immediate needs to harbor safely their artillery, soldiers and other supplies during the Second World War. The most applied quality of this hassle free assembly of a Quonset hut is that it could be put to any use since it absolutely resisted any austerity of weather including rains, hail, snowfall etc. However the benefits of this over performing storage mechanism could not hide from the public eye and it soon acquired an important position for general public and soon they were used to erect warehouses, stores, shops, garages and even hangars for aircrafts. These require comparatively lesser time for erection and can be assembled at affordable costs. The unusual characteristic of this innovative construction is that it is manufactured in parts in the factory and then assembled on the site.