Beauty Of Propulsion
by Eugene Campbell
Title
Beauty Of Propulsion
Artist
Eugene Campbell
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Paddle wheel of the Creole Queen- a New Orleans' paddle wheeler/steamboat. Taken as the sun was rising over the Mississippi River.
The paddle wheel is a large steel framework wheel. The outer edge of the wheel is fitted with numerous, regularly-spaced paddle blades (called floats or buckets). The bottom quarter or so of the wheel travels underwater. An engine rotates the paddle wheel in the water to produce thrust, forward or backward as required. More advanced paddle wheel designs feature feathering methods that keep each paddle blade closer to vertical while in the water to increase efficiency. The upper part of a paddle wheel is normally enclosed in a paddlebox to minimise splashing.
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April 27th, 2015
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