sternwheel

sternwheel
A paddle wheel positioned at the stern of a vessel
See Also: sternwheeler

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  • sternwheel — /sterrn hweel, weel /, n. Naut. a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel. [1810 20; STERN2 + WHEEL] * * * …   Universalium

  • sternwheel — stern•wheel [[t]ˈstɜrn (h)wil, ˌwil[/t]] n. naut. navig. a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel • Etymology: 1810–20 …   From formal English to slang

  • sternwheel — /sterrn hweel, weel /, n. Naut. a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel. [1810 20; STERN2 + WHEEL] …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Minto (sternwheeler) — Minto (on right), with Trail on left and Rossland in center, at Arrowhead between 1898 and 1900 Career …   Wikipedia

  • SS Bonnington — Bonnington was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1911 to 1931. Bonnington and two sisterships were the largest sternwheelers ever built in British Columbia. Bonnington was partially dismantled in the… …   Wikipedia

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  • Steamboats of the Upper Fraser River — [ thumb|right|220px|Chilco and crew with Frank Swannell s workers (1910)] Twelve paddlewheel steamboats plied the upper Fraser River in British Columbia from 1863 until 1921. They were used for a variety of purposes: working on railroad… …   Wikipedia

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