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  2. List of extant paddle steamers - Wikipedia

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    The paddle steamer Piemonte (1904) operates on Lake Maggiore, and sister paddle steamers Patria (1926) and Concordia (1926) operate on Lake Como. Former paddle steamers Italia (1909) and Giuseppe Zanardelli (1903) operate on Lake Garda; their steam engines, unlike in the ships that sail on lakes Como and Maggiore, were replaced with diesel ...

  3. Proton therapy - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, proton therapy, or proton radiotherapy, is a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue, most often to treat cancer.The chief advantage of proton therapy over other types of external beam radiotherapy is that the dose of protons is deposited over a narrow range of depth; hence in minimal entry, exit, or scattered radiation dose to healthy ...

  4. Paddle steamer - Wikipedia

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    A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, whereby the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans.

  5. Tudor Vladimirescu (1854) - Wikipedia

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    Tudor Vladimirescu is the oldest operational paddle steamer in the world, built in 1854 as a tugboat for the Austrian company DDSG.Currently, the ship is owned by Navrom Galați and is primarily used as a protocol ship for government and local officials and can be rented for luxury cruises.

  6. Ozone (paddle steamer) - Wikipedia

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    The Ozone was a ship built in 1886 near Glasgow, in Scotland.It could exceed 17 knots and is regarded as one of the finest paddle steamers ever built. [citation needed]The Ozone was commissioned by the Bay Excursion Company and relocated to Australia, becoming a great favourite on Port Phillip Bay, in Victoria, and remained in service there for many years.

  7. PS Waverley - Wikipedia

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    PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar on Loch Long until 1973. [3] Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS), she has been restored to her 1947 appearance and now operates passenger excursions around the ...

  8. Category:Paddle steamers - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Paddle steamers" The following 111 pages are in this category, out of 111 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  9. Rangiriri (paddle steamer) - Wikipedia

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    The Rangiriri was a 19th-century paddle-steamer gunboat used on the Waikato River in New Zealand. It brought the first Pākehā settlers to Hamilton in 1864 and served as a riverboat until it was wrecked in 1889. It is now located on the shore in Memorial Park, Hamilton East. It is the oldest surviving iron-hulled boat in new Zealand. [1]