Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: boom

Detail view of the self-unloading boom on Interlake's lakes boat Herbert C. Jackson, shot at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, in 2005. One of the attractions of boatwatching at the Soo is that you really get this close to the boats.

Interlake's steamer Herbert C. Jackson at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, on Engineers Day, June, 2005. The Jackson's self-unloader conversion occurred in 1975. Here we see the end of the unloader boom as the ship passes into Macarthur Lock. The International Bridge to Sault, Ontario, shows nicely in the background.

At Sault Ste Marie, of course.

Since the long boom tends to interfere with the loading chutes, Thayer gets hers out of the way. And we get a close look.... Another photo from that tour I took of Duluth harbor around 1990. (Dunno who the people are.)

The unloading boom--and most of the deck--of the laker Herbert C. Jackson, at the Soo Locks in June of 2005. Most modern Great Lakes ships have self-unloading capabilities, which greatly increases their usefulness.