Red Wheel Sites

Late 18th century inland canal port with tramway interchange and associated industrial complex

Build 1905/6 as the Army Balloon School and Store and incorporated into the Royal Flying Corps in 1912 and Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1918

Constructed 1796-1801 to carry the Leeds and Liverpool canal across the calder valley, this was the largest canal embankment in Britain

before the opening of the Forth Bridge in 1890, the world's first seagoing roll-on/roll off train ferry, designed by Thomas Bouch, operated from here to Granton from 1850

A spectacular set of 16 locks and side-pounds, designed by John Rennie and opened in 1810 as the final link in the 87-mile Kennet & Avon Canal

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

(formerly Camden Town) Opened 1870, one of six Italianate stations designed by Edwin Henry Horne for the fast-growing North London Railway

A rare early railway engine shed, operated 1847-1855 and made obsolete as locomotives outgrew its turntable

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

Erected in 1924 to transport shale from quarries on Claughton Moor, this is the last operational gravity powered ropeway in the UK