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Circa 1910. "Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Line steamboats Western States and City of Mackinac." Built in 1902 and 1893 in Wyandotte, Michigan. View full size.
This is a sidewheel steamer and those fenders protect the paddles.
[The fenders are there to protect the dock and the boat from bumps and scrapes. - Dave]
Er . . . uh . . . not to get too esoteric here, but devices intended to protect hulls from dock abrasion, etc., are properly called fenders, not bumpers.
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