Latest Red Wheel Sites

23 locks in 2 ½ miles. Opened 1816 to raise the canal by 217 feet and complete a 127-mile link between two cities.

constructed 1940-44 - connecting communities today, the four barriers were originally built to defend the vital naval base in Scapa Flow

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

Opened in 1801 to shorten the route between the Clyde and Hebrides. Designed by John Rennie with later improvements by Thomas Telford.

Opened 1912 and unique in the UK for having a single car counter-balanced

by a weight running directly beneath the main track

The world's oldest working model experiment tank (1882) on the site of the William Denny shipyard (1844-1963)

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 

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. 

Northern end of a cross-London tram link showing, between the tracks, the unusual conduit power supply

RHEILFFORDD TALYLLYN

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TALYLLYN RAILWAY

The world’s first preserved railway