Latest Red Wheel Sites
| Location | Date Unveiled | Inscription | Red Wheel Image |
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| Hill of Oaks, Windermere | 14/06/2023 |
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 | 08/06/2023 |
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 | 12/05/2023 |
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 | 16/04/2023 |
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 | 15/04/2023 |
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 | 28/03/2023 |
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 | 22/03/2023 |
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 | 11/03/2023 |
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 | 10/03/2023 |
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 | 31/01/2023 |
Northern end of a cross-London tram link showing, between the tracks, the unusual conduit power supply |
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