It used to be the feature of an amusement park, but the park failed and nobody ever removed the paddle-wheeler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Howard Norman: Howard Norman: How To Write A Love Triangle? Live One] Reference

(Earlier prototypes were weirder still: one that resembled a flying paddle-wheeler never managed to leave the ground.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Flight Of Fancy] Reference

It's well known that Disneyland's Mark Twain paddle-wheeler sank on its opening day, but it wasn't until Friday's first-hand report of the sinking of the Mark Twain that the facts were in the public record.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: October 16, 2005 - October 22, 2005 Archives] Reference

Then Tom just happened to hear about a paddle-wheeler for sale.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.muscatinejournal.com] Reference

Just the ship itself was worth a story, a huge paddle-wheeler of a vintage that use to grace rivers from the Mississippi to the Klondike.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

You can follow the river through the Outback and past old riverside ports at a leisurely pace aboard the paddle-wheeler PS Murray Princess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference

The machine can distil eighteen tons per diem; and there is another water-magazine, an old paddle-wheeler moored to the beach under the town.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference

The Queen of the West, a paddle-wheeler, will make its American Cruise Lines debut, with seven-night cruises along the Snake and Columbia Rivers in the Northwest, with stops in Portland, Ore.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Travel] Reference

"The American Queen is not really a paddle-wheeler," Neumeier said, noting that the big wheel is mostly for show and the huge vessel operates with two pod-like, Z-drive propellers below the water line.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

A huge paddle-wheeler of a vintage that use to grace rivers from the Mississippi to the Klondike.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

• Spirit of Peoria Festival of Lights Holiday Cruises: Cruise the lit-up Spirit of Peoria paddle-wheeler with entertainment from Prairie Folklore Theatre.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.pantagraph.com] Reference