Location |
Date Unveiled |
Inscription |
Red Wheel Image |
Abbotts of Farnham |
15/9/2019 |
Between 1920 and 1972 'Abbotts of Farnham' Coachbuilders and their predecessors Page & Hunt Ltd built bespoke vehicle bodies of the highest quality on this site. |
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Ace Cafe - London |
8/9/2019 |
Built 1938 as part of a service area for the new North Circular Road. In the 1950s and 60s, it became a magnet for young motorcyclists. |
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Alloa Waggonway |
4/3/2021 |
1768-1924 A successful early railway, using gravity and horsepower on wooden rails to transport coal from local pits to the harbour and glassworks |
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Alston Arches, Haltwhistle |
17/6/2010 |
Completed in 1851 by the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway and used by Alston branch trains until 1976 |
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Anderton Boat Lift. |
12/4/2011 |
A unique hydraulic lift, opened in 1875 to speed the passage of cargoes between the Trent & Mersey Canal and the Weaver Navigation |
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Barnes Wallis birthplace, Ripley |
31/5/2009 |
1887-1979 Aeronautical Engineer and Inventor, designer of airships, aeroplanes, the Bouncing Bomb and swing-wing aircraft, was born here |
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Barrow Hill Roundhouse |
3/4/2009 |
1870 Midland Railway roundhouse, now the last operational turntable based engine shed in the UK |
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Barton Canal Aqueducts |
14/11/2016 |
Arch of Brindley's masonry aqueduct of 1761, to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the River Irwell. Replaced 1893 by the unique iron Swing Aqueduct |
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Bath Green Park (Midland) Station |
30/4/2016 |
From 1874, the northern terminus of the 72-mile Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway main line to Bournemouth, built over difficult terrain |
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Bath Spa Station |
18/2/2013 |
1841 Focal point of IK Brunel's Great Western Railway through Bath, sympathetically designed in the pioneering phase of railway construction |
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Bingley Five Rise locks |
16/2/2011 |
Opened in 1774 to raise the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 18 metres up the Aire Valley, this is the steepest lock staircase in Britain |
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Birkenhead Street Tramway |
28/8/2010 |
The first passenger street tramway in Britain was inuagurated here by George Francis Train on 30th August 1860 |
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Blackburn Aircraft factory, Brough |
10/7/2019 |
Founded 1916 by aviation pioneer Robert Blackburn. One of the world's oldest surviving sites of aircraft manufacture. |
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Blisworth Canal Tunnel |
22/8/2014 |
Built 1793-1805, the final link in the Grand Junction Canal and, at 2,812m, the UK's longest navigable 'broad' canal tunnel |
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Blisworth Inland Port |
9/5/2015 |
1796-1805 Busy transhipment centre and end of a horse drawn tramway across Blisworth Hill during the protracted building of Blisworth Canal Tunnel |
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Braunston Canal Village |
12/10/2011 |
Situated at the junction of the Oxford and Grand Junction Canals and a hub of the English canal network since the 18th century |
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Bridgnorth Cliff Railway |
1/8/2015 |
Designed and opened in 1892 by George Croydon Marks, Hydraulic Engineer. Water-balance powered until 1944 and since by electricity |
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Brooklands |
10/6/2013 |
World’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit 1907-1939. Over 18,600 aircraft designed, manufactured or assembled 1907-1988 |
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Bucklers Hard - Beaulieu, New Forest |
19/4/2011 |
18th century shipbuilding centre where over 50 ships were constructed for the Royal Navy between 1745 and 1814 |
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Bugsworth Canal Basin & Peak Forest Tramway |
17/7/2009 |
Late 18th century inland canal port with tramway interchange and associated industrial complex |
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