She and her sister ship, the Choctaw, were side-wheel steamers altered into casemate ironclads with rams. |
Such engines are used to some extent in Europe, and they have been adopted in the United States navy for side-wheel gunboats. |
On a side-wheel boat the make-up of the engine crew is different. |
Presented is an original oil painting on canvas of a side-wheel steamer painted by an unknown artist. |
You know every side-wheel steamer has a statement of her destination painted on her wheel house. |
We then crossed a fine iron bridge and went on board a side-wheel steamer. |