sternwheeler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sternwheeler
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; sternwheel + -er 1
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According to the Conroe Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Lake Conroe Queen is a 60-passenger, double-deck sternwheeler paddleboat.
From Fox News ● Aug. 15, 2021
The crew of the Riverboat Discovery, a sternwheeler that gives tours of the Chena, on Thursday spotted the body of Jerry Attla near the river’s confluence with the Tanana River.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
Round-trip sternwheeler rides to the island aboard the Island Belle are $10 for adults and $8 for children 12 and under.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2015
The odd odyssey is made in a grubby old wood-burning sternwheeler, built in 1885 and capable of six knots in a following wind.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Aerial cable—” “—With iron self-dumping buckets—” “—A flat-bottomed sternwheeler to—” “—Take our copper down to the coast.”
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
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