Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #36
SS Great Britain An outstanding example of I. K. Brunel's innovative design that made a significant contribution to society and mechanical engineering. It was the first iron-hulled, screw-propelled vessel to cross any ocean. It was conceived as a key element in the integrated transport system from London to the New World.
Great western Dock, Gasferry Road, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #37
Rainhill Station Site of the 1829 Rainhill Locomotive Trials on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway the worlds first inter-city railway
Station Road, Rainhill, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #38
Stourport Canal & River Basins A complete inland port, developed on the banks of the River Severn following the arrival in 1771 of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal
The Wharf, Stourport Basin, Mart Lane, Stourport-on-Severn, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #40
Tramffordd Y Gogarth Agorwyd yn 1902: Yr unig dramffordd-stryd cebl sy'n dali weithredu ym Mhrydain Gweler / See: www.transportheritge.com Great Orme Tramway Opened 1902: Britain's only surviving cable street tramway
English translation: Great Orme Tramway Opened 1902: Britain's only surviving cable street tramway See: www.transportheritge.com
Victoria Station, Church Walks, Llandudno, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #44
Gas Street Basin From 1795 - 1815, transhipment point between Birmingham Canal Navigations and Worcester & Birmingham Canal across 'The Worcester Bar'
Worcester Bar, Gas Street Basin, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #47
Pontddwr Pontcysyllte Agorwyd yn 1805, ac ar y pryd, hon oedd y ddyfrbont uchafi drafnidiaeth yn y byd Gweler. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Opened in 1805 as the tallest navigatable aqueduct in the world.
English translation: Pontcysyllte Bridgewater Opened in 1805, at the time, it was the highest transport waterway in the world See. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Opened in 1805 as the tallest navigable aqueduct in the world. [AWS Translate]
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct & Trevor Basin Visitor Centre, Pontcysyllte, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #54
Bath Spa station 1841 focal point of I. K. Brunel's Great Western Railway through Bath, sympathetically designed in the pioneering phase of railway construction
Bath Spa Station, Dorchester Street, Bath, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #60
Southampton Terminus Station (1839-1966) Designed by Sir William Tite for the London & Southampton Railway, a major catalyst in the development of the modern port.
Terminus Terrace, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #61
Queen's Road Tramcar Depot, Manchester, opened in 1901 as the city's first electric tram depot and now housing the Museum of Transport. [full inscription unknown]
Queen's Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #62
Manchester Ship Canal Railway (1885-2009) This 1941 twin-track swing bridge used to carry part of the 231-mile MSCR - the largest private railway in the UK
The Quays, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Transport Heritage Site 'Red Wheel' #63
Mussel Manor & Shellbeach Aerodrome. Flying ground of the Aero Club, chosen 1909 by the Short brothers for the world's first aircraft factory, building Wright brothers' "Flyers"
Muswell Manor, Leysdown-on-Sea, United Kingdom