Question: How Are/Were Rear Paddle Steamers Steered?

[mawnansmiff]

"Jay, you should read "History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River", by Hiram Martin Chittenden, written in 1903."
Mau, thanks for the heads-up on reading material but I have a slowly growing mountain of US/Canadian history books to plough through.
Carolinachurchwarden, that's a gorgeous vessel, Wow is all i can say.
Scloyd, your image of pipes and the story that goes with them are things that interest me most, thanks for posting chum.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[scloyd]

You're welcome Jay. Here's one more that is interesting. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-champagneladen-steamship-ended-up-in-a-kansas-cornfield

 

[weezell]

Good read! Thanks scloyd for posting it... :clap:

 

[mawnansmiff]

^^^ I'll second that :clap:
Regards,
Jay.