Peter Norman Nissen

Nissen talking to Acting Coy. Sergt. Major Frederick TE Skinn, 29th (Advanced Park) Coy. Royal Engineers, in front of a Nissen hut in 1917
Two Nissen stamps, installed c. 1909 at the Sound Democrat Mill near Silverton, Colorado
Nissen huts at Altcar Training Camp

Peter Norman Nissen, DSO (6 August 1871 – 2 March 1930), was a Canadian-American-British mining engineer, inventor and army officer. He held a number of patents for his inventions and developed the Nissen hut prefabricated shelter during the First World War.[1][2]

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  2. ^ "Nissen Huts". tenpoundpom.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.