A typical river paddle steamer from the 1850s.Fall Line's steamer Providence, launched 1866Finlandia Queen, a paddle-wheel ship from 1990s in Tampere, Finland[1]
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans.
Advance, a Greenock-built American Civil War blockade-running side-wheel steamer
In the early 19th century, paddle wheels were the predominant way of propulsion for steam-powered boats. In the late 19th century, paddle propulsion was largely superseded by the screw propeller and other marine propulsion systems that have a higher efficiency, especially in rough or open water. Paddle wheels continue to be used by small, pedal-powered paddle boats and by some ships that operate tourist voyages. The latter are often powered by diesel engines.[a]
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A paddlesteamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity,...
PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddlesteamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar...
prefix designations of "PS" for paddlesteamer or "SS" for screw steamer (using a propeller or screw). As paddlesteamers became less common, "SS" is incorrectly...
sometimes use the prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S (for 'Screw Steamer') or PS (for 'PaddleSteamer'); however, these designations are most often used for steamships...
used to propel a steamboat (i.e. paddlesteamer). A number of racquet sports (e.g. ping-pong and paddle ball), a "paddle" or "bat" is a short, solid racket...
to the rear of the hardstanding. A major feature of the site is the paddlesteamer Ryde, currently in a very poor state. More details of this vessel are...
pneumatic tube message system, and worked on one of the first British paddlesteamers to cross the English Channel. Murdoch built a prototype steam locomotive...
Paddle boat may refer to: Paddlesteamer or paddleboat, a boat propelled by a paddle wheel Pedalo, a boat propelled by pedalling with the feet A paddlecraft...
earliest seagoing voyages by steam ship. The paddlesteamer Defiance, Captain William Wager, was the first steamer to cross the Channel to Holland, arriving...
and feet on the water in a motion reminiscent of an old paddlesteamer. The Falkland steamer duck is one of only two bird species endemic to the Falkland...
with the screw-driven Rattler pulling the paddlesteamer Alecto backward at 2.5 knots (4.6 km/h). The paddle wheel is a device for converting between rotary...
give no place for mud to stick. They work something like a paddle wheel on a paddle-steamer. Street legal mud tires are a compromise between large voids...
not meant to stand in the line of battle. The first such ships were paddlesteamers. Later on the invention of screw propulsion enabled construction of...
remains the company's formal name. The company originally operated a paddlesteamer ferry service between Cowes, Isle of Wight and Southampton. During its...
position. Dumpleton, Bernard (2002). Story of the PaddleSteamer. Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1-84150-801-6. "Paddle Boat". Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit: the Models...
contradistinction to the paddlesteamer, a still earlier form of steamship that was largely, but not entirely, superseded by the screw steamer. Many famous ships...
The PaddleSteamer Preservation Society (PSPS) is a United Kingdom-based registered charity and owner of two working paddlesteamers; PS Kingswear Castle...
PS Kingswear Castle is a steamship. She is a coal-fired river paddlesteamer, dating from 1924 with engines from 1904. After running summer excursions...
1872 when the original paddlesteamer Mount Washington was launched from Alton Bay. The Mount was the largest of all the steamers on the lake at 187 feet...
each summer by the PS Waverley, the last seagoing paddlesteamer in the world, built in 1947. The steamer provides pleasure trips between the Welsh and English...
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