Red Wheel Sites
| Location | Date Unveiled | Inscription | Red Wheel Image |
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| Volks Electric Railway, Brighton | 29/03/2024 |
Opened in 1883 by Brighton-born inventor and engineer Magnus Volk. The oldest operational electric railway in the world |
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| Wemyss Bay Station, Inverclyde | 29/11/2019 |
An attractive and effective 1903 facility, by the Caledonian Railway, for the rapid trans-shipment of holiday-makers and their luggage.
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| West Hartlepool Station | 06/02/2019 |
Opened 1880 and, on 16th December 1914, one of three North Eastern Railway stations to suffer from WW1 enemy naval bombardment |
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| Whaley Bridge Wharf & Transhipment Warehouse | 17/07/2009 |
Peak Forest Canal wharf & transhipment warehouse (1801), later a terminus of the Cromford & High Peak Railway (1831) |
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| White Cross Bay Aircraft Factory, Windermere | 19/10/2022 |
Between 1941 & 1945, 35 Short Sunderland Flying Boats were built here by 1,500 workers living with their families on the nearby Calgarth Estate |
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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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