Location |
Date Unveiled |
Inscription |
Red Wheel Image |
Smeaton's Arches - Newark |
18/12/2020 |
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' |
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Burntisland - Granton ferry |
16/12/2020 |
before the opening of the Forth Bridge in 1890, the world's first seagoing roll-on/roll off train ferry, designed by Thomas Bouch, operated from here to Granton from 1850 |
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Fighting Tank - White Hart Hotel - Lincoln |
1/11/2020 |
The prototype British "Fighting Tank" was designed here in late-Summer 1915 by W.A. Tritton and Lt. W.G. Wilson RN. 400 tanks were subsequently built by Fosters of Lincoln |
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Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome |
1/10/2020 |
Operational 1916-19. The most complete former Royal Flying Corps aerodrome, part of London's air defence against attacks by German airships and bombers. |
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Lincoln St. Marks Station |
1/10/2020 |
Opened 1846 as the Lincoln Terminus of the Midland Railway - the first to reach the city. Re-named 1950 and closed 1985 |
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Tranent - Cockenzie Waggonway |
21/9/2020 |
Opened 1722. Scotland's earliest railway, built to carry coal on wooden rails, using gravity and horse power. Fought accross in the Battle of Prestonpans 1745 |
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Wemyss Bay Station, Inverclyde |
29/11/2019 |
An attractive and effective 1903 facility, by the Caledonian Railway, for the rapid trans-shipment of holiday-makers and their luggage.
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Abbotts of Farnham |
15/9/2019 |
Between 1920 and 1972 'Abbotts of Farnham' Coachbuilders and their predecessors Page & Hunt Ltd built bespoke vehicle bodies of the highest quality on this site. |
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Ace Cafe - London |
8/9/2019 |
Built 1938 as part of a service area for the new North Circular Road. In the 1950s and 60s, it became a magnet for young motorcyclists. |
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Hincaster Tunnel and Horse Path |
6/9/2019 |
Opened 1819.
A prime example of a canal where boats were hauled through by hand whilst their horses took a purpose-built path over the hill. |
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Glenfinnan Viaduct |
18/8/2019 |
Built 1897-1901.
When designed by Simpson & Wilson and built by Robert McAlpine & Sons, this was the longest mass concrete viaduct in Britain |
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Glasgow, Paisley & Ardrossan Canal |
16/8/2019 |
Designed by Thomas Telford and including the longest aqueduct span of the canal era. Opened 1811, converted to a railway in 1885, closed 1983, partially re-opened 1990 |
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Blackburn Aircraft factory, Brough |
10/7/2019 |
Founded 1916 by aviation pioneer Robert Blackburn. One of the world's oldest surviving sites of aircraft manufacture. |
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North Euston Hotel, Fleetwood. |
6/5/2019 |
In the 1840s, before completion of a through railway, a popular route from London to Glasgow was to Fleetwood by train and thence to Ardrossan by ship. |
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Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway |
23/2/2019 |
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. |
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Crystal Palace (Low Level) Station |
6/2/2019 |
Opened 1854 by the West End of London & Crystal Palace Railway to serve the 2 million annual visitors to the re-located 'Crystal Palace' |
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West Hartlepool Station |
6/2/2019 |
Opened 1880 and, on 16th December 1914, one of three North Eastern Railway stations to suffer from WW1 enemy naval bombardment |
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N.E.R. Petrol Electric 'Autocar' - Hartlepool |
6/2/2019 |
The North Eastern Railway ran the world's first Petrol Electric 'Autocar' - the pioneer of modern passenger trains- at Hartlepool in 1904 |
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First recorded UK car journey - Micheldever Station, Hampshire |
23/11/2018 |
On 6th July 1895 Hon Evelyn Ellis made the first recorded UK car journey 56 miles from Micheldever Station to Datchet in a Panhard et Levassor 'horseless carriage' |
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Norton Fitzwarren Rail Disasters |
17/11/2018 |
Recalling the Norton Fitzwarren rail disasters of November 1890 and November 1940 and the outstanding efforts of the local community |
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