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Queens Road Tram depot, Manchester

Now housing the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester, this was opened in 1901 as the city's first electric tram depot.  It was subsequently expanded, in 1928 and 1935, to give a maximum capacity, of trams and buses, of 275 vehicles.

 

Queensferry Passage, Firth of Forth

lowest bridging-point on the Firth of Forth. A ferry established by St. Margaret in the 11th Century ran till 1964. Today its cantilever (1890) suspension (1964) and cable-stayed (2017) bridges epitomise three centuries of engineering.

Queensway Tunnel, Merseyside
When built in 1934 it was the largest under water road tunnel in the world. The terminal buildings are listed Grade II.

Radcliffe Viaduct
Also know as Rectory Junction Viaduct, this cast iron and brick arched viaduct crosses the river Trent near Nottingham. It is listed Grade II.

Radcot Bridge
The oldest bridge across the Thames, though no longer across the main stream.

Rainhill Station

One of the world's oldest railway stations and the location of the Rainhill Trials of 1829

Ramsbury Garage, Wilts
Claimed to have the oldest petrol pumps still operating in Britain.

Rattray Head Lighthouse

Built on a rock accessible only at low tide in 1895 at a point where many ships had previously run aground.

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway

Built 1874/75. The first public narrow-gauge railway in England. Since opening, this railway has carried minerals and passengers on three different gauges of track. 

Redruth and Chasewater Railway

The former workshop of a 1.22m(4ft) gauge mineral railway, the first true railway in Cornwall 1824-1915