Red Wheel Sites

Location Date Unveiled Inscription Red Wheel Image
Claverhouse (ex Granton Hotel) - Edinburgh 15/07/1905

Built to cater for passengers taking the Granton-Burntisland ferry, prior to the opening of the Forth Bridge. Requisitioned for the Royal Navy 1939

Claverton Pumping Station 06/07/1905

Unique water-powered pump, designed by John Rennie and inaugurated 1813, to raise water 15m from the Rive Avon to the Kennet & Avon Canal

Cooper Car Company Works, Surbiton 09/07/1905

1946-1965 Birthplace of the first World Championship-winning, rear-engined Formula 1 GP cars and of the Mini-Cooper

Crewe Works Narrow Gauge Railway 16/07/1905

Last remnant of the 18 inch gauge railway that ran through the LNWR Works and linked to Crewe Station via the "Spider Bridge'

Crinan Canal 17/07/1905

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

Crofton Pumping Station 10/07/1905

Houses the oldest beam engine in the world able to fulfill its original role - pumping water to the summit of the Kennet & Avon Canal

Crystal Palace (Low Level) Station 13/07/1905

Opened 1854 by the West End of London & Crystal Palace Railway to serve the 2 million annual visitors to the re-located 'Crystal Palace'

Darlington North Road Station 08/07/1905

Designed by John Harris for the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Opened 1842 and later extended. A distinctive early railway station.

Dennis Bros Ltd Cycle & Motor Factory, Guildford 08/07/1905

Opened in 1901 as England's first purpose-built motor vehicle factory. Production ceased here in 1911, when moved to larger premises

Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank, Dumbarton 17/07/1905

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