Paddle steamer
Vessel powered by a steam engine driving large external wheels, with paddle-shaped spokes, on either side of the ship in the 19th century. Later steamships ran with screw propellers instead of paddle wheels.
Vessel powered by a steam engine driving large external wheels, with paddle-shaped spokes, on either side of the ship in the 19th century. Later steamships ran with screw propellers instead of paddle wheels.
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