side-wheel

[ sahyd-hweel, -weel ]

/ ˈsaɪdˌʰwil, -ˌwil /

having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.

Origin of side-wheel

First recorded in 1855–60

side-wheel·er, noun

The propeller, I have before said, is erroneously supposed to run more cheaply than the side-wheel.

Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post |Thomas Rainey
Side-wheel ferries, driven by horse-power, plied between the river's mouth and the Queenston landing.

The Story of Isaac Brock |Walter R. Nursey
She and her sister ship, the Choctaw, were side-wheel steamers altered into casemate ironclads with rams.

The Civil War Through the Camera |Henry W. (Henry William) Elson
But speed has generally been deemed essential in this country, and the side-wheel is everywhere used.

Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post |Thomas Rainey

We then crossed a fine iron bridge and went on board a side-wheel steamer.

Around the World in Seven Months |Charles J. Gillis