| Location |
Date Unveiled |
Inscription |
Red Wheel Image |
| Abbey Station, Shrewsbury |
14/12/2023 |
Shrewsbury Abbey Station. Terminus of the 'Potts' Railway (1866-80). Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway (1911-1933) and War Department lines (1940-60). |
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| Haymarket Trainshed at Bo'ness |
28/11/2023 |
Part of the original train shed from Haymarket station, which opened in 1842 as the eastern terminus of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway |
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| Glenelg-Skye Turntable ferry “Glenachulish” |
25/9/2023 |
This 1934 car ferry service across the Kyle Rhea straits is provided by MV Glenachulish, the last manually-operated turntable ferry in the UK |
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| Marshall Sons & Co, Gainsborough |
8/9/2023 |
Founded 1848 and, for over a century, a leading manufacturer and exporter of agricultural machinery and military hardware |
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| Slateford Aqueduct, Edinburgh |
7/8/2023 |
A fine 500ft cast-iron trough aqueduct, designed by Hugh Baird and built 1818-22, to carry the Edinburgh & Glasgow Union Canal over the Water of Leith |
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| Scotland Street Tunnel, Edinburgh |
7/8/2023 |
1847-1868
Built to link Waverley with the Fife ferries, this tunnel was so steep that it required trains to be cable-hauled by stationary steam engine |
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| Shrubhill Tram Depot, Edinburgh |
7/8/2023 |
Opened 1898 to service Edinburgh Corporation's cable-trams. Converted 1922 to build, power and maintain electric trams until 1956 |
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| Garrett Long Shop Works, Leiston |
17/6/2023 |
Richard Garrett & Sons. Agricultural engineers from 1778. In 1853, built the pioneering ‘Long Shop’ for the flow-line production of steam engines. |
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| Hill of Oaks, Windermere |
14/6/2023 |
Hill of Oaks Site of the first 'seaplane' flight (1911) and first seaplane school (1911). Royal Naval Air Station 1916-1917 |
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| Wigan Lock Flight |
8/6/2023 |
23 locks in 2 ½ miles. Opened 1816 to raise the canal by 217 feet and complete a 127-mile link between two cities. |
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| Churchill Barriers, Orkney |
12/5/2023 |
constructed 1940-44 - connecting communities today, the four barriers were originally built to defend the vital naval base in Scapa Flow |
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| Caledonian Canal, Fort Augustus |
16/4/2023 |
A 60 mile navigation through the Great Glen, designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, principally to boost the local economy and enable safer movement of the fishing fleet. Opened 1822 |
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| Crinan Canal |
15/4/2023 |
Opened in 1801 to shorten the route between the Clyde and Hebrides. Designed by John Rennie with later improvements by Thomas Telford. |
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| Southend Cliff Lift |
28/3/2023 |
Opened 1912 and unique in the UK for having a single car counter-balanced
by a weight running directly beneath the main track |
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| Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank, Dumbarton |
22/3/2023 |
The world's oldest working model experiment tank (1882) on the site of the William Denny shipyard (1844-1963) |
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| Granton Gas Works Station, Edinburgh |
11/3/2023 |
Buillt on a private branch line by the Edinburgh & Leith Gas Commissioners to serve their workers in an area of limited public transport. 1902- 1942 |
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| Blackpool Rigby Road Heritage Tram Shed |
10/3/2023 |
Built 1935 to house a fleet of contemporary trams - many double deck. Unique in still being used for the housing, maintenance and operation of the same heritage fleet. |
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| Kingsway Tram Subway |
31/1/2023 |
Northern end of a cross-London tram link showing, between the tracks, the unusual conduit power supply |
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| Troon Harbour |
19/12/2022 |
Opened 1812 as the terminus of the Kilmarnock & Troon Railway - a coal carrying plateway that was first in Scotland to use steam locomotives and to carry passengers. |
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| Brighton's Electric Buses |
1/12/2022 |
Built in 1909 for the Brighton, Hove & Preston United Omnibus Co Ltd as a re-charging station and depot for its pioneering fleet of BATTERY-ELECTRIC BUSES |
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