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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River Wey Navigation Opened 1653: one of the first rivers to be successfully improved for commercial traffic and a prototype for many subsequent navigations
Dapdune Wharf, Guildford, United Kingdom
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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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Braunston Canal Village. Situated at the junction of the Oxford and Grand Junction Canals and a hub of the English canal network since the 18th century
160 Dark Lane Braunston, Daventry, United Kingdom
Alston Arches. Completed in 1851 by the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway and used by Alston branch trains until 1976
, Haltwhistle, United Kingdom
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Barton Canal Aqueducts Arch from Brindley's masonry aqueduct of 1761, to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the River Irwell. Replaced 1893 by the unique Swing Aqueduct
Barton Lane, Salford, Manchester, Barton, United Kingdom
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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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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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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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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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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #01
Barrow Hill Roundhouse 1870 Midland Railway roundhouse, now the last operational turntable based engine shed in the UK
Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre, Campbell Drive, Barrow Hill, Staveley, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #02
Ticknall Tramway [full inscription unknown]
?, Ticknall, United Kingdom
Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #03
Shardlow Canal Port [full inscription unknown]
Shardlow Heritage Centre, London Road, Shardlow, United Kingdom
Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #05
Bugsworth Canal Basin & Peak Forest Tramway. Late 18th century inland canal port with associated industrial complex
Bugsworth Basin, Buxworth, United Kingdom
Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #06
Whaley Bridge Wharf. Peak Forest Canal wharf & transhipment warehouse (1801), later a terminus of the Cromford & High Peak Railway (1831)
Canal Street, Whaley Bridge, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #07
The National Tramway Museum Developed by The Tramway Museum Society to be the authoritative centre for the preservation, study and appreciation of British trams and tramways
The Great Exhibition Hall - National Tramway Museum, Crich, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #08
Midland Hotel An art deco icon, opened by the LMS in 1933, symbolic of the profound influence of railways on the development of Morecambe
Marine Road Central, Morecambe, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #09
Claughton Aerial Ropeway Erected in 1924 to transport shale from quarries on Claughton Moor, this is the last operational gravity powered ropeway in the UK
Hanson Brickworks, Claughton, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #10
LMS School of Transport. The first purpose-built training college for railway staff, opened in 1938 and still performing its original function
Catalis Derby Building, London Road, Derby, United Kingdom