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C. You are partly right! At first, paddlewheel ships were used mostly for transportation in rivers. They were better for shallow waters because they had flat bottoms. However, paddlewheel ships also sailed on the ocean. They had several problems though. One of them is shown below.

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Some thought they were too fragile and small to handle the rough seas.

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