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20141121. A 1940s 40’x100’ Quonset Hut on Canvarco Rd in the Leaside neighbourhood is a wartime remnant of Toronto’s military past.

20141121. A 1940s 40’x100’ Quonset Hut on Canvarco Rd in the

From Wikipedia: “A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel having a semicircular cross-section. The design was based on the Nissen hut developed by the British during World War I. Hundreds of thousands were produced during World War II and military surplus was sold to the public, making “Quonset hut” a household word.”