paddlewheel

Example Sentences

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Riverboat casinos will be allowed to conduct gambling activities within 1,200 feet on land from their licensed berth and will no longer need an operable paddlewheel.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2018

Jerry leaves us riverside as Victoriaand I board this paddlewheel vessel for a three-hour tour up the Chena River.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2017

Figure 6.86 To visualize curl at a point, imagine placing a tiny paddlewheel at that point in the vector field.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Steel Corporation-built steam engine and multi-ton white oak paddlewheel is part of the pleasure of visiting this old French city of New Orleans, so associated with steamboats and the Deep South.

From US News • Apr. 12, 2015

A riverboat’s paddlewheel churned above me, swirling the silt around.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan