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Thanks much for the info. about the Bowling Green site. I looked it up and they were very nice pictures. Not much difference in then and now. I did enjoy them. Thanks again.

Bowling Green State University database. You can get there from the home page, links, to databases,click on the first one that says Historical Collections; or, above, click on FAQ, click on the second link regarding written vessel history, this takes you to the BGSU home page, type in the boats name and click on begin search.

Bowling Green site?

The Bowling Green site has a picture of a boomless Jackson.

Thanks very much Mich. I found it and really enjoyed the pictures. You're right too, she doesn't look that much different.

Hi Boatkitten. Try this: go to the home page of Boatnerd. Click on Links, then Databases, then Great Lakes Maritime Database, Enter, then look under the Js. Click on the Jackson, then scroll to the bottom of the page where you can enlarge the photos. With the exception of the self unloading system, the Jackson looks pretty much the same as when it was commissioned. The cosmetic changes it has received is the large air horn on top of the wheelhouse since the steam horns on the smokestack are blocked by the conveyor house, and the exhaust pipe on the back side of the wheelhouse for the diesel engine of the bow thruster. The self unloading system that was added includes the boom, the trunk deck which is the raised deck to accommodate the pivot point for the self unloading boom, one hatch, and the conveyor house. That's about it for the outward changes it has undergone. Enjoy the pictures!

Hi, this is guest, from Toledo, again,

I'm little surprised there are so few views and 0 replies to this post for any photos of HCJ from 1959 to the mid 70's. You usually get a great response to your posts. It's quite unusual, if not a mystery, why there are no photos for the first 16 years HCJ sailed.

Why would have the HCJ looked different from her launch in 1959 to conversions in the mid 70's? HCJ was built for coal fuel & there had to be a coal bunker aft which "disappeared" in the conversion to fuel oil. There would have been no massive discharge boom aft if it was installed in the mid 70's. The stack is too short for any natural draft for coal-fired boilers. If the HCJ's stack is original, it would have needed fans for the draft issue. A quite different looking ship in 1959 from the HCJ today and no photos.

With this additional information, maybe some other replies, and photos, will come from this post. Thanks.

Hi,
Someone on here mentioned about photos of the Herbert Jackson before it was changed. Does anybody have a photo of her then? I would Love to see what she use to look like.