Terms and Abbreviations
Type Description
SW p and ex wh Side-wheel packet and excursion boat, wood hull
SW p wh Side-wheel packet, wood hull
Stw p wh Sternwheel packet, wood hull
Stw p ih Sternwheel packet, iron hull
SW p sh Side-wheel packet, steel hull
SW f wh Side-wheel ferry, wood hull
Stw wh Sternwheel, wood hull, class undetermined
P wh Packet, wood hull, rig undetermined
SW f sh Side-wheel ferry, steel hull
Stw Sternwheel, rig and class undetermined
Prop f wh Propeller ferry, wood hull
SW p and f wh Side-wheel packet and ferry, wood hull
SW tr sh Side-wheel railroad transfer, steel hull
Stw US wh Sternwheeler in U.S. service, wood hull
Stw pl sh Sternwheel pleasure boat, steel hull
SW ex wh Side-wheel excursion boat, wood hull
Rig? Absence of information
hosp Hospital
r or rr Railroad
Absence of prefix initials means either lack of information or a renamed vessel previouslv identified.
OTHER ARBKEVIATIONS
b. Built, usually the year of first documentation
Miss. R. Mississippi River
N.O. New Orleans
USQMD or USaMC U.S. Quartermasters Department or Corps
Batwing Side-wheelers with no covering over wheels
c. Circa, approximately
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