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Smardale Viaduct
The highest viaduct on the Settle and Carlisle line.
Smeaton's Arches, Newark
Built 1770s: widened 1920s
A causeway to carry the Great North Road across the floodplain of the River Trent. The work of John Smeaton, the 'father of civil engineering'
Smeaton's Tower
The third Eddystone Lighthouse, re-located on Plymouth Hoe.
Snaefell Mountain Tramway, IOM
Built in just 17 months in 1895, this 5-mile 3ft 6in (1067mm) gauge tramway uses the centre rail for emergency braking on the 1 in 12 gradient.
Snowdon Mountain Railway
The sole rack and pinion railway in Britain
Soho House Shildon - Locomotion
Home of Timothy Hackworth, locomotive pioneer and engineer to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public steam railway
Souter Lighthouse
First lighthouse to use alternating electric current
South Bishop Lighthouse
Lighthouse built in 1839 which forms a triangle of lights with Smalls and Skokholm.
South Foreland Lighthouse
The first lighthouse powered by electricity and the site of the first international radio transmission
South Stack Lighthouse
This spectacular lighthouse can be approached on foot across a bridge over a narrow channel and is open to the public on certain days.