paddlewheel

In the mid-1800s, as white settlers moved west, steamboats chugged up the lower Colorado River, paddlewheels turning.

The plants consisted of home-built paddlewheels mounted on wooden platforms with electrical generators.

Investigators determined that JBS failed to adequately secure a trolley and hoist that were being used to lift the paddlewheel.

The style of the paddlewheels and the charring indicated it came from the Phoenix, which burned off Colchester on Sept. 4, 1819, killing six of the 46 passengers and crew on board.

American Queen, based in New Albany, Indiana, has three other paddlewheel cruise boats.