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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #11

Soho House Home of Timothy Hackworth locomotive pioneer and engineer to the Stockton and Darlington Railway the first public steam railway

Soho House, Shildon, United Kingdom

Subjects

Timothy Hackworth
(1786-1850) locomotive pioneer

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #12

Derby Roundhouse. The world's oldest locomotive roundhouse, erected 1839 by the North Midland Railway and in railway use for 150 years

The Roundhouse, Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby, United Kingdom

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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #13

Royal Gunpowder Mills. Extensive canal and rail system dating from 1735, serving Britain's major explosives works. home to 3 of the UK's 26 cast iron acqueducts

Royal Gunpowder Mills, Beaulieu Drive, Waltham Abbey, United Kingdom

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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #14

Didcot Railway Centre. 1932 Great Western Railway Engine Shed complex, now developed to preserve the spirit and style of the GWR for future generations

Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot Parkway Station, Didcot, United Kingdom

Subjects

Didcot Railway Centre
museum

Great Western Railway Engine Shed
(1932-present) engine shed

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #15

Hovercraft Museum. The definitive collection of Hovercraft and air-cushion vehicles, at the base of the military Hovercraft trials units 1961-1981

Argus Gate, Chark Lane, Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #16

Camden Roundhouse. A rare early railway engine shed, operated 1847-1855 an made obsolete as locomotives outgrew its turntable

100A, Chalk Farm Road, NW1, London, United Kingdom

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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #18

Lambley Viaduct. Completed in 1852 by the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway And used by Alston branch trains until 1976

Lambley Viaduct, Lambley, United Kingdom

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #19

Hythe Ferry & Pier Railway. An ancient ferry crossing , first recorded in 1575; accessed since 1922 by the oldest pier railway in continuous service in the world

Hythe Ferry Office, Prospect Place, Hythe, Hampshire, United Kingdom

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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #20

RFC/RNAS/RAF Calshot 1913-61 Seaplane and Flying Boat station. Base for the High Speed Flight, winners of the Schneider Trophy 1927, 1929, 1931 For further information visit: www.transportheritage.com

Calshot Activities Centre, Calshot Spit, Calshot, United Kingdom

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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #21

Birkenhead Street Tramway The first passenger street tramway in Britain was inaugurated here by George Francis Train on 30th August 1860

22 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, United Kingdom

Subjects

George Francis Train
(1829-1904) transport entrepreneur

Birkenhead Street Tramway
tramway

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #23

Liverpool Road Station Opened 15 September 1830. Treminus of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway and the world's oldest surviving railway station

Museum of Science and Industry, Liverpool Road, Manchester, United Kingdom

Subjects

Liverpool Road railway station, Manchester
(1830-1975) railway station

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #24

Bingley 'Five-Rise' Locks. Opened in 1774 to raise the Leeds & Liverpool Canal 18 metres up the Aire Valley, this is the steepest lock staircase in Britain.

Canal Road, Bingley, United Kingdom

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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #25

Dudley Canal Tunnels. A unique complex of tunnels developed since 1778 for limestone and coal mining, for through navigation and increasingly for tourism. For further information visit: www.transportheritage.com

Off Tipton Road, Dudley, United Kingdom

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #26

Foxton Staircase Locks & inclined plane. A vital link in the UK canal network achieved from 1814 by two 5-lock staircases and between 1900-1911 by a unique inclined plane boat lift

Foxton Locks, Foxton, United Kingdom

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #27

Anderton Boat Lift. A unique hydraulic lift, opened in 1875 to speed the passage of cargoes between the Trent & Mersey Canal and the Weaver Navigation

Lift Lane, Anderton, Northwich, United Kingdom

Subjects

Anderton Boat Lift
(1875-present) boat lift

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #31

Heaton Park Tramway Siding. Used 1905-35 by Manchester Corporations Tramways. Reopened 1980 incorporating the oldest section of original tram track in the UK

Heaton Park Tramway, Heaton Park, Manchester, United Kingdom

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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #32

Oxford Rewley Road Station [full inscription unknown]

Buckingham Railway Centre, Station Road, Quainton, United Kingdom

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #33

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

The Locks, Devizes, United Kingdom

Subjects

John Rennie FRS FRSE
(1761-1821) engineer

Caen Hill Lock Flight
(1810-present) canal lock flight

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #34

Spa Road Station. London's first railway terminus, opened in 1836 by the London & Greenwich Railway, later superseded by London Bridge

Rouel Road, Bermondsey, SE16, London, United Kingdom

Subjects

Spa Road railway station
railway station

Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #35

Standedge Tunnel [full inscription unknown]

Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre, Waters Road, Marsden, Marsden, United Kingdom