tarboat's photos with the keyword: nissen

Rusty Nissen huts at Snape Farm Prisoner of War camp, Weston. This site has now been cleared and replaced by housing.

Ex army Nissen hut at Kilnsea, Spurn Point, East Yorkshire. Now demolished as the sea has almost reached this spot.

Ex army Nissen hut at Kilnsea, Spurn Point, East Yorkshire.

A whole row (and more) of large Nissen Huts in industrial use at Barry.

This old Nissen hut has been recently relocated to this location on a farm near Bere Alston.

This Nissen Hut was spotted whilst mooching around Lincolnshire recently. It is in good condition and being used by a builder.

This large Nissen hut at Penhale near Millbrook in Cornwall is not long for this world after many years of neglect. In spite of this it is still used by the farmer who owns it.

In 1922 Bampton Urban District Council embarked upon a programme of council house building. First to be built was the block of three semi-detached Nissen designed houses in Frog Street. They are barrel shaped and have galvanised roofs. They were built about the same time as Wembley Stadium and the Exhibition, and the first resident jokingly named them "Wembley Terrace", even to the point of using the name in his address. The name has stuck, but never officially. Nissen houses are rare, and these were Listed Grade II in July 1998.

Interior of the big nissen type building at Spotland Bridge. They manufacture all sorts of springs in here.

Nissen huts keep appearing in obscure corners. These two were formerly workshops at Snibston Colliery in Leicestershire.

The prisoner of war camp at Cultybraggan was completed in late 1941 and originally used to house Italian prisoners. It was later used as a transit camp for Germans and as a high security establishment for holding ardent nazis. Later it became a MOD training centre until closure in 2004. It is now owned by the local community through the Comrie Development Trust. The camp still contains a large number of nissen huts.

Prisoners of War arriving at Cultybraggan Camp 21 after marching from the station under escort. Re-enactment from the excellent camp open day. The prisoner of war camp at Cultybraggan was completed in late 1941 and originally used to house Italian prisoners. It was later used as a transit camp for Germans and as a high security establishment for holding ardent nazis. Later it became a MOD training centre until closure in 2004. It is now owned by the local community through the Comrie Development Trust. The camp still contains a large number of nissen huts and these make a spectacular sight.

Nisent type corrugated iron building at the Waterways Ireland wharf at Portumna on the River Shannon.

The prisoner of war camp at Cultybraggan was completed in late 1941 and originally used to house Italian prisoners. It was later used as a transit camp for Germans and as a high security establishment for holding ardent nazis. Later it became a MOD training centre until closure in 2004. It is now owned by the local community through the Comrie Development Trust. The camp still contains a large number of nissen huts and these make a spectacular sight.

Walking back to my car after visiting Bullholme Lock, I passed a couple of nice corrugated iron buildings at the local 4x4 spares yard.

I suppose that these are best described as Romney Huts. They are the maintenance base of a haulage company.

Romney Hut at Hoyland. Spotted from the car whilst heading for Elsecar Engine. The Romney Hut, introduced at the end of 1941, was essentially an enlarged and improved version of the original Nissen Bow Hut. The semicircular shape was retained, but with a stronger frame: two inch-thick tubular steel ribs replaced the T shaped originals and the wooden purlins were discarded in favour of one and a half inch angle iron. The Romney Hut measured 96 feet by 35 feet (The Bow Hut was 27 by 16) and saw service in the North Africa desert campaigns.

Another Nissen Hut seen on the recent trip to North Wales, this time one of a pair seen close to the slate tips at Nantlle.