River Sternwheeler Steamboat Model STL

A classic river sternwheeler with a large paddle wheel at the stern. Two tall chimneys with crowned tops rise side by side near the bow. The long, shallow hull carries two decks lined with posts and railings, a cabin deck above with small windows, and a small pilot house on top. A landing-stage boom stands on the foredeck for putting a gangway ashore. Sternwheelers worked the great rivers of North America through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their shallow draft let them reach r…

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