paddle wheels on a ship; either a single wheel on the rear, known as a stern-
wheeler, or a paddle wheel on each side, known as a
side-wheeler.
Kaynak: Paddle steamerThis required some modification, because the T.J. Potter was a
side-wheeler, whereas the Wide West had been a stern-
wheeler.
Kaynak: T. J. PotterStern-
wheelers were more maneuverable than
side-wheelers and could make a landing just about anywhere. propeller and the
side-wheeler in
Kaynak: Steamboats of the Columbia River咸臨丸 was Japan 's first sail and screw-driven steam corvette (the first steam-driven Japanese warship, Kankō Maru , was a
side-wheeler ).
Kaynak: Japanese warship Kanrin Marutheir
side-wheeler, Montclair, built in 1876, which had two decks and is reported to have been capable of carrying from 200 to 400 passengers.
Kaynak: Greenwood Lakefor the Herculean task of blockading the Confederate coast, the Federal Government purchased the
side-wheeler at New York on 1 August 1861.
Kaynak: USS Augusta (1853)In 1913 a reconfigured
side-wheeler steamboat , the wooden Leschi, became the first Seattle-built automobile ferry. By 1922 the county
Kaynak: Lake Washington ferriesThe MS Mount Washington, with four different power-plants and changes from
side-wheeler to screw steamer to diesel power provides a fine
Kaynak: Lake steamers of North AmericaYellowstone (steamboat), an 1831
side-wheeler packet boat. Yellowstone Trail , the first transcontinental automobile highway across the
Kaynak: Yellowstone (disambiguation)It is the site where a passenger
side-wheeler ran aground by pilot under influence of morphine on July 16, 1875. Due to salvage
Kaynak: Champlain IIWhile thus immobile, the
side-wheeler observed the gunboats Agawam | 1863 | 6 and Mendota | 1863 | 6 shelling Confederate positions across
Kaynak: USS Wilderness (1864)or a new steamboat was later rechristened Iowa, since similar
side-wheeler appeared twice in Barber and Howe's 1865 Loyal West in the Time
Kaynak: Iowa (steamboat)While at the mission, Day orchestrated the construction of the "Sarah Ann," a
side-wheeler steam craft used to speed up travel on the St.
Kaynak: David Day (missionary)The
side-wheeler was promptly ordered to sea in quest of Shenandoah. After the Southern cruiser Shenandoah surrendered at Liverpool,
Kaynak: USS Suwanee (1864)Lake Minnetonka west of Minneapolis, along with the wrecks of the tug Hercules,
side-wheeler Minneapolis, stern-
wheeler Excelsior, and others.
Kaynak: Maritime Heritage MinnesotaThe
side-wheeler Multnomah made her first run in August 1851, above Willamette Falls. She had been built in New Jersey, taken apart into
Kaynak: Steamboats of the Willamette RiverThe steamboat was a rare type of
side-wheeler because of its engine system. Four Scotch marine boiler s delivered steam to an incline
Kaynak: PS Alexander Hamilton