Latest Red Wheel Sites

Location Date Unveiled Inscription Red Wheel Image
Gloucester Docks 06/07/1905

Britain's best preserved 19th century inland port, accessible from the Severn estuary since 1827 via the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal

Lune Aqueduct, Lancaster 06/07/1905

The largest all-masonry aqueduct in Britain, designed by John Rennie and opened in 1797 for the Lancaster Canal Navigation

Redruth and Chasewater Railway 06/07/1905

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

Iron Trunk Aqueduct, Wolverton 06/07/1905

Oldest broad canal iron trough aqueduct; opened 1811 as the fourth attempt by the Grand Junction Canal to cross the River Great Ouse

Salomons Motor Stables, Tunbridge Wells 06/07/1905

Very early purpose-built garages designed by the motoring pioneer Sir David Salomons

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 06/07/1905

Opened in 1805 as the tallest navigable aqueduct in the world (also in Welsh)

Gas Street Basin, Birmingham 06/07/1905

From 1795-1815, transhipment point between Birmingham Canal Navigations and Worcester & Birmingham Canal across 'The Worcester Bar'

Edstone Aqueduct, Stratford on Avon 06/07/1905

Opened 1816 for the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. At 145m, this cast iron aqueduct is the longest canal aqueduct in England

GWR Road Motor Services, Helston to The Lizard 06/07/1905

The Lizard to Helston Station bus service inaugurated in August 1903 was the first railway-operated motor bus service in the UK

Burnley Canal Embankment 06/07/1905

Constructed 1796-1801 to carry the Leeds and Liverpool canal across the calder valley, this was the largest canal embankment in Britain