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What is a sidewheeler?

What is a sidewheeler? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a pair of paddle wheels positioned one on each side
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Hollister boarded the coastal sidewheeler Orizaba for San Francisco, where the manpower pool was swarming with coolies fresh from China.
There are two types of paddle wheel steamer, a sternwheeler with a single wheel on the rear, and a sidewheeler with one on each side.

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