wheelhouse

noun, the structure on a ship containing the steering wheel (COD)

“I went to the wheelhouse. He went to the engine room.”

“I went down in a hallway out of the wheelhouse, and I smoked down in there.”

“Tom was driving it, and Len was down on the deck, and they were coming in … Len thought it was way too fast and looked up in the wheelhouse, couldn’t see anybody around, and when he went up, Tom was on the floor.”

“When you get a real good gale blowing, the boats would be pretty rough. But you were down in the engine rooms. How was it down there?”
“You didn’t notice the roll down there as much as you did up in the wheelhouse of course.”

“I’ve been fascinated with stories and things of the Island my whole life. I was privileged to hear most of them in the wheelhouse of the old Wolfe Islander, the previous boat to this one. Ever since I was able to walk, I’ve been a guest in the wheelhouse. I’d sit on the stool beside the binnacle, and I was privy to a lot of gossip, a lot of talk, and I learned what Wolfe Island was all about from that day on.”