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2. Chrysopolis (sidewheeler) - Wikipedia

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   It had two side-wheels 32 feet in diameter with 8 foot buckets (the wooden blades of a paddle wheel). It could carry 1,000 passengers and 700 tons of cargo at great speed. On December 31, 1861, it made the record setting run for a steamboat over the 120 mile distance between Sacramento and San Francisco in 5 hours and 19 minutes, making an ...

3. Paddle steamer - Wikipedia

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   A typical river paddle steamer from the 1850s. Fall Line's steamer Providence, launched 1866 Finlandia Queen, a paddle-wheel ship from 1990s in Tampere, Finland [1]. A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.

4. List of extant paddle steamers - Wikipedia

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   A few paddle steamers serve niche tourism needs as cruise boats on lakes [a] and others, such as Delta Queen, still operate on the Mississippi River. In Oregon , several replica paddle steamers , which are non-steam-powered sternwheelers built in the 1980s and later, are operated for tourism purposes on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers .

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7. Paddle wheel - Wikipedia

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   The paddle wheel is a device for converting between rotary motion of a shaft and linear motion of a fluid. In the linear-to-rotary direction, it is placed in a fluid stream to convert the linear motion of the fluid into rotation of the wheel. Such a rotation can be used as a source of power, or as an indication of the speed of flow.

8. Ticonderoga (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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   The ship's crew numbered twenty-eight, including the captain, pilots, mate, deckhands, engineers, and firemen to operate the boat. The purser, stewardess, freight clerk, bartender, hall boys, cook, waiters, scullion, and mess boys attended to passengers and freight arrangements. Initially, Ticonderoga served a north-south route on Lake Champlain.

9. PS Waverley - Wikipedia

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   It is rated at 2,100 IHP and achieved a trial speed of 18.37 knots (34.02 km/h; 21.14 mph) at 57.8 rpm. Passengers can watch this engine from passageways on either side of the engine room. [20] The main crank is solidly attached to both paddle wheels so they cannot turn independently. [21]