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Washing JOS bus
Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) employees washing a bus.
Victory J type bus
"The original: photograph shows original configuration of Victory J type bus wind-shield area. Note the curved glass."
Tivoli Depot
Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) buses parked at the bus depot.
Tags: Bus garages; Bus lines - Jamaica; Buses; Leyland buses
Number 24 JOS terminus
"The No. 24 Terminus for 'Jolly Joe' at Hillside Crescent, Rennock Lodge. In the background is the Cement Factory. To the left, an uninhabited section of the Wareika Hills. The Rennock Lodge Youth Centre is out of sight, on the left."
Fire extinguisher on JOS bus
"The fire extinguisher [arrow] were disappearing too fast from the buses so JOS electrician designed a system which allowed the driver to push a button near his seat and discharge extinguisher on the turbine charger, at the rear of the Nationals."
Crankshafts
"Ken Facey, J.O.S. Training Officer, points out the scored crankshaft journal of Olympic buses to some of the new class of trainee apprentices at the J.O.S. Engineering Training School at Tivoli Depot. Twelve youths between 15 and 17 years of age…
Rennock Lodge
"The Rennock Lodge Story: As seen near the entrance to Hillside Crescent, 'Jolly Joe' is on its way back to Kingston."
Sliding windows on JOS bus
"Cooler buses: in order to avoid a long shipping delay JOS accepted some 30 National buses without sliding windows in the rear section of the bus. The public complained that they were hot. JOS engineers, therefore, removed sliding windows from front…
Tags: Bus lines - Jamaica; Buses; Commuters
J.O.S. Engineering School
"J.O.S. [Jamaica Omnibus Services] Engineering School re-opens: Training Officer, Ken R. Facey demonstrated the rocker gear assembly and its function to J.O.S. apprentices at the Tivoli Engineering Training School, opened on November 3."
Mavis Gibson, JOS driver
"One of seventeen: Mavis Gibson, J.O.S. bus driver received a certificate and cheque from Dr. Kenneth Rattray, Solicitor General, for one year of accident-free driving at a Safe Driving Awards Ceremony at the J.O.S. offices recently. Sixteen other…
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Folly Point Lighthouse, Portland

View of the lighthouse at Folly Point in Portland, Jamaica. The fire proof lighthouse was built in 1888.