sidewheeler

sidewheeler
A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a pair of paddle wheels positioned one on each side

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  • sidewheeler — side|wheel|er [ saıd,wilər, saıd,hwilər ] noun count AMERICAN a large PADDLEBOAT with a PADDLE on each side …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Multnomah (sidewheeler 1851) — Multnomah at foot of Washington St, Portland, Oregon, in 1853.[1]. Career …   Wikipedia

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  • Eliza Anderson (sidewheeler) — The steamship Eliza Anderson operated from 1858 to 1898 mainly on Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Fraser River but also for short periods in Alaska.Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest , at 14,… …   Wikipedia

  • North Pacific (sidewheeler) — Career Name: North Pacific Owner: Starr …   Wikipedia

  • Princess Louise (sidewheeler) — Princess Louise, at Masset, BC, circa 1880. Career Nam …   Wikipedia

  • Idaho (sidewheeler) — The sidewheeler Idaho was a steamboat that ran on the Columbia River and Puget Sound from 1860 to 1898. It is said that the State of Idaho was named after this steamboat. [Schwantes, Carlos A., The Pacific Northwest An Interpretive History , at… …   Wikipedia

  • Columbia (sidewheeler 1850) — Name: Columbia (sidewheel steamboat) Owner: Frost, Adair, Leonards and Green[1] Route: lower Columbia River and lower Willamette River …   Wikipedia

  • Yosemite (sidewheeler) — The steamboat Yosemite operated for almost fifty years on San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento River, inland coastal waters and the lower Fraser River in British Columbia, and Puget Sound. Design Yosemite was built in 1862 at the yard of J.W. North …   Wikipedia

  • Washington Irving (sidewheeler) — The Washington Irving was a 4,000 ton sidewheeler dayliner and flagship of the Hudson River Day Line which was struck in the fog a bit after 9:00am on June 1 1926 on the North River by an oil barge. Helped by tug boats, it reached shore at the… …   Wikipedia

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