side-wheel
Americanadjective
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Origin of side-wheel
First recorded in 1855–60
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Shelburne Museum is a quirky and vast collection of Americana and folk art, where you’ll find the 220-foot side-wheel steamboat Ticonderoga.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019
At last, late this May, the Buta okapi boarded a side-wheel steamer at Stanleyville and started down the Congo River.
From Time Magazine Archive
Central America, a side-wheel steamer that sank 133 years ago with as much as 6 tons of gold on board.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in 1847 a little side-wheel steamer began to take trippers to Coney from Manhattan at 50� a head.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Nantucket was a small side-wheel steamer of light draft, and we were able to run in and out over the bar at will.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton
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