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Fine example of a First and Second World War airfield.  In 1919, R34 airship departed from here for the first return flight to the USA.

Shrewsbury Abbey Station. Terminus of the 'Potts' Railway (1866-80). Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway (1911-1933) and War Department lines (1940-60).

1831 railhead of Dundee & Newtyle Railway - the first in the North of Scotland - which used rope hauled inclines, horses, sails and locomotives to access Strathmore via The Sidlaws

Part of the original train shed from Haymarket station, which opened in 1842 as the eastern terminus of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway

This 1934 car ferry service across the Kyle Rhea straits is provided by MV Glenachulish, the last manually-operated turntable ferry in the UK

Founded 1848 and, for over a century, a leading manufacturer and exporter of agricultural machinery and military hardware

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

Opened 1898 to service Edinburgh Corporation's cable-trams. Converted 1922 to build, power and maintain electric trams until 1956

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

Richard Garrett & Sons. Agricultural engineers from 1778. In 1853, built the pioneering ‘Long Shop’ for the flow-line production of steam engines.