Pilothouse
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A pilothouse is a glass-enclosed room on top of the texas (the deckhouse) from which a ship is controlled. The steering wheel, compass, engine order telegraph, and chart table are located here. On many ships, especially military and cruise ships, the pilothouse is considerably larger and combined with a number of other control structures as the ship's bridge.
It is located typically on the upper decks of the vessel.
Pilothouses may also be a feature of smaller vessels.
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