Steamboat

A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat or vessel that is propelled by steam power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term steamboat is usually used to refer to smaller steam-powered boats working on lakes and rivers, particularly riverboats in the USA; steamship generally refers to steam powered ships capable of carrying a (ship's) boat. Nuclear powered ships and submarines use steam to drive turbines, but are not referred to as steamships or steamboats.

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Screw-driven steamships generally carry the ship prefix "SS" before their names, or "TS" where powered by a steam turbine. Paddle steamers have the prefix "PS". The term steamer is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for diesel motor driven vessels, prefix "MV".

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Steam: In physical chemistry and in engineering, steam refers to vaporized water. It is a pure, invisible gas (for mist see below), which at standard atmospheric pressure has a temperature of around 100 degrees Celsius, and occupies about sixteen hundred times the volume of liquid water (steam can of cour...

Riverboat: A riverboat is a specialized watercraft (vessel) designed for operating on inland waterways. While a ferryboat is often used to cross a river, a riverboat is used to traverse it, while carrying passengers and/or cargo for revenue. ("Riverboat Casinos" are not considered here as they are essentially ...

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Steamboat related Images and Photos (experimental)

Snow Storm: Steam-Boat Off a Harbour's Mouth	Steamboat Bill Jr. 1928	Steamboat 1881	Steamboat Springs Colorado USA
Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse Disney Pop! Vinyl Figure	Steamboat Round the Bend Will Rogers on Midget Window Card 1935	Jouffroy's Steamboat Proves Its Capability by Steaming Against the Current	Fugitive Slaves from the South are Led on Board a Mississippi Steamboat