paddlewheel
Rotating boat blade
A paddlewheel is a large wheel with boards or paddles around its rim, mounted on the side or stern of a boat.
As the wheel rotates, the paddles push against the water to propel the vessel forward.
Paddlewheel steamboats were once common on American rivers: The old paddlewheel churned up the Mississippi.
Also spelled paddle wheel.
Engine-powered watercraft
- riverboatShallow-draft inland watercraft
- sternwheelerRear-paddle propelled vessel
- thrustForceful forward motion
- churnAgitate cream into butter
splash · wake · stern · bow · vessel · craft · navigation · ferry
Southern state or major river
- steamboatEngine-powered watercraft
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- vintageQuality from past eras
- nostalgicLonging for the past
Mark Twain · riverboat · showboat · Victorian · nineteenth-century · historic · bygone · classic
Directed flow of charge
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- churnAgitate cream into butter
- wakePath left in water
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
turbulence · eddy · vortex · discharge · stream · flow · ripple · swirl
Flat cutting edge
- bucketOpen-top carrying vessel
- spokeCommunicated verbally
- hubCentral connection point
- axleShaft for wheel rotation
shaft · bearing · rotation · gear · cog · drive · torque · crankshaft
Heated water's gaseous form
- watermillRiver-driven grinding facility
- millGrain-crushing facility
- hydropowerElectricity from flowing currents
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
engine · boiler · gristmill · sawmill · industrial · revolution · factory · power
steamboat
Engine-powered watercraft
- riverboatShallow-draft inland watercraft
- sternwheelerRear-paddle propelled vessel
- thrustForceful forward motion
churn · splash · wake · stern · bow · vessel · craft · navigation · ferry · barge
Mississippi
Southern state or major river
- steamboatEngine-powered watercraft
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- vintageQuality from past eras
Mark Twain · nostalgic · riverboat · showboat · Victorian · nineteenth-century · historic · bygone · classic · Americana
current
Directed flow of charge
spray · turbulence · eddy · vortex · discharge · stream · flow · ripple · swirl · agitation
blade
Flat cutting edge
axle · shaft · bearing · rotation · gear · cog · drive · torque · crankshaft · linkage
steam
Heated water's gaseous form
- watermillRiver-driven grinding facility
- millGrain-crushing facility
- hydropowerElectricity from flowing currents
mechanical · engine · boiler · gristmill · sawmill · industrial · revolution · factory · power · energy
- boat toursboat tour, river cruise, boat cruise, river cruises, harbor tour
- boat propulsionpropeller, oar, sail, outboard motor, inboard motor
- steam powersteam, steam power, steam engine, steam engines, steam turbine
- steamboatssteamboat, riverboat, sternwheeler, sidewheeler, steamship
- steamship partsboiler, funnel, propeller, smokestack, smokestacks
- steamshipssteamship, steamboat, sidewheeler, sternwheeler, tramp steamer
paddlewheelpropeller
Rotating blades creating thrust
outboard motor · water jet · sail · oar · jet propulsion
paddlewheelnuclear propulsion
Movement powered by reactors
jet propulsion · hydrojet · diesel engine · gas turbine · electric motor
wheel, paddle, wheeled, wheeling, paddling, paddles, paddled, wheeler, flywheel