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These uses included showers, latrines, dental offices, bakeries and isolation wards, but the huts needed special layouts to accommodate these additional uses and related equipment. The original structure was replaced with a design that employed vertical side walls supporting an arched roof; the new setup provided much more usable space. With no beams or trusses, and 100 percent usable space, the Quonset huts of today serve many purposes. Their arched steel construction makes them one of the strongest structures in architecture; they can withstand hurricanes, tornadoes, heavy rain, snow and wind. Farmers find them ideal for hay, grain, crop and machinery storage; some also use the structures to house horses and livestock.