Latest Red Wheel Sites

Parallel tunnels, approx. 2,5km long,, opened 1777 and 1827 to handle the heavy traffic on the Trent & Mersey Canal - Brindley's 'Grand Trunk Canal' 

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.

Designed by John Harris for the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Opened 1842 and later extended. A distinctive early railway station.

Opened to Groudle 1893 and Ramsey 1899 this 17-mile 3ft (914mm) gauge tramway still operates its original fleet of Victorian tramcars.

Opened in 1873 as the hub of a 46-mile network of 3ft (914mm) gauge steam railways serving Peel, Ramsey, Foxdale and Port Erin - which still operates

Opened 1653: one of the first rivers to be successfully improved for commercial traffic and a prototype for many subsequent navigations

Opened in 1901 as England's first purpose-built motor vehicle factory. Production ceased here in 1911, when moved to larger premises

Built 1793-1805, the final link in the Grand Junction Canal and, at 2,812m, the UK's longest navigable 'broad' canal tunnel

Flying ground of the Aero Club, chosen 1909 by the Short Brothers for the world's first aircraft factory, building Wright Brothers' "Flyers"

1821 Makers of 4 pioneering steam locomotives in 1818/9, including 'Stourbridge Lion' - the first engine to run on a commercial railroad in the USA