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The huts were shipped easily to various locations and used for restrooms, living quarters, hospitals, hangars and mess halls. They offered a step up from the combination of tents and wooden platforms that were previously used for such purposes. The Quonset huts produced during the war were sold to the general populations for about $1000 each after the war. Since WWII, many companies have produced buildings modeled after Quonset huts for many different uses. The metal buildings you see today had their beginnings in the design of Quonset huts.