Marple Canal locks & tramway. A flight of 16 locks, in total 64m deep. Opened 1805, to unit the Peak Forest Canals, previously connected by a horse-drawn tramway [1 of 2]
Posset Bridge, Marple, United Kingdom
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Tyseley Locomotive Depot The Great Western Railway's Birmingham depot, erected 1908 and maintaining and operating main-line steam locomotives ever since.
Tyseley Locomotive Works, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Marple Canal locks & tramway. A flight of 16 locks, in total 64m deep. Opened 1805, to unit the Peak Forest Canals, previously connected by a horse-drawn tramway [2 of 2]
Marple Aqueduct, Marple, United Kingdom
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Rheilffordd Ffestiniog. Defnyddiwr arloesolo o injian stem ar reilffordd gui (1863) a locomotif gymalog (1869) a cherbydau bogie (1872) mewn tirwedd anodd
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, Porthmadog, United Kingdom
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Alloa Waggonway 1768-1924 A successful early railway, using gravity and horsepower on wooden rails to transport coal from local pits to the harbour and glassworks
72 Drysdale St, Alloa, United Kingdom
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Burnley Canal Embankment. Consructed 1796-1801 to carry the Leeds & Liverpool Canal across the Calder Valley, this was the largest canal embankment in Britain.
Yorkshire Street, Burnley, United Kingdom
Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway Opened 1890 This Victorian funicular is the UK's only fully water powered railway and one of only three worldwide
Lynton Village Station - Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Lynton, United Kingdom
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Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway Opened 1890 This Victorian funicular is the UK's only fully water powered railway and one of only three worldwide
Lynmouth Bay Station - Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Lynmouth, United Kingdom
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Blackburn Aircraft Factory founded 1916 by aviation pioneer Robert Blackburn. One of the world's oldest surviving sites of aircraft manufacture
Humber Enterprise Park, Brough, United Kingdom
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Blisworth Inland Port 1796-1805 Busy transhipment centre and end of a horse drawn tramway across Blisworth Hill during the protracted building of Blisworth Canal Tunnel
2 Gayton Rd, Blisworth, United Kingdom
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Ffestiniog Railway. Pioneer user of narrow-gauge steam railway (1863) and articulated locomotives (1869) and bogie carriages (1872) in difficult terrain.
, Porthmadog, United Kingdom
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Gloucester Docks Britain's best-preserved 19th century inland port, accessible from the Severn estuary since 1827 via the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal For further information visit www.transportheritage.com
Gloucester Waterways Museum - Llanthony Warehouse - Gloucester Docks, Gloucester, United Kingdom
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I. K. Brunel's SS Great Britain Launched here in 1843 as the world's largest and the first iron-hulled, screw-propelled ocean going ship. Towed home from the Falkland Isles 1970.
Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Hatton Lock Flight 21 broad concrete locks, a striking example of the 1930s modernisation of the London to Birmingham Grand Union Canal
Hatton Top Lock - Hatton Locks, Hatton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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Sir Barnes N. Wallis (1887-1979) Aeronautical engineer and inventor, designer of airships, aeroplanes, the 'Bouncing Bomb' and swing-wing aircraft was born here
43 Butterley Hill, Ripley, United Kingdom
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Blisworth Canal Tunnel built 1793-1805, the final link in the Grand Junction Canal and, at 2,812m, the UK's longest navigable 'broad' canal tunnel
The Canal Museum, 3 Bridge Road, Stoke Bruerne, United Kingdom
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Manx Electric Railway. Opened to Groudle 1893 and Ramsey 1899, this 17 mile, 3ft. (914mm) gauge tramway still operates its original fleet of Victorian tramcars.
King Edward Road, Douglas, Isle of Man
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Snaefell Mountain Tramway. Built in just 7 months in 1895, this 5 mile, 3ft. 6ins. (1067mm.) gauge tramway uses the centre rail for emergency breaking on the 1 in 12 gradient.
, Laxey, Isle of Man
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Douglas Station Isle Of Man Railway. Opened in 1873 as the hub of a 46 mile network of 3ft. (914mm) gauge steam railways serving Peel, Ramsey, Foxdale and Port Erin - which still operates.
Banks Circus, Douglas, Isle of Man
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Ellesmere Port Dock. Major port complex. Developed from 1795 as the link between the canal network, the River Mersey and later the Manchester Ship Canal.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom
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