side-wheelers
Lateral paddle vessels
Side-wheelers are steamboats propelled by large paddle wheels mounted on either side of the hull, prominent on American rivers in the 19th century.
The design offered stability in shallow water but made the exposed wheels vulnerable to damage.
The old side-wheelers carried passengers up and down the Mississippi.
Southern state or major river
- riverboatShallow-draft inland watercraft
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- excursionBrief recreational trip
- showboatOstentatious attention-seeker
flatboat · barge · tugboat · levee · landing · wharf · downstream · upstream
Rotating blades propelling vessels
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- smokestackIndustrial exhaust column
- engineMachine producing motion
coal · steam · propulsion · whistle · gangplank · stateroom · deckhand · captain
Of a prim era
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- maritimeOf the sea
- navigationDetermining position and course
commerce · Mark Twain · Fulton · 19th-century · Civil War · Gilded Age · colonialism · industrialization
Mississippi
Southern state or major river
- riverboatShallow-draft inland watercraft
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- excursionBrief recreational trip
showboat · flatboat · barge · tugboat · levee · landing · wharf · downstream · upstream · channel
paddlewheel
Rotating blades propelling vessels
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- smokestackIndustrial exhaust column
engine · coal · steam · propulsion · whistle · gangplank · stateroom · deckhand · captain · hull
Victorian
Of a prim era
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- maritimeOf the sea
navigation · commerce · Mark Twain · Fulton · 19th-century · Civil War · Gilded Age · colonialism · industrialization · heritage
passenger
Traveler, not operator
cruise · excursion · tourist · sightseeing · promenade · ticket · fare · embark · disembark · itinerary
side-wheelerssailing ships
Wind-driven watercraft with masts
sailboats · motor boats · rowboats · canoes · jet boats
side, wheeler, wheelers, side-wheeler, sides, sided, siding, sidelong, sideways