A feat of Victorian engineering which influenced the modern world is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Known as the Cathedral of the Canals, the Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire allows boats and barges ...

The experience of walking a workig railway tunnel. Image (C) Tim Sandle. The experience of walking a workig railway tunnel. Image (C) Tim Sandle. Buried underneath the River Thames is the world’s ...

When it opened in 1894, London's Tower Bridge was hailed as a triumph of Victorian engineering. It was the largest and most sophisticated overpass of its kind in the world, using hydraulic steam ...

First invented in Victorian-era England, “rolling bridges” were retractable drawbridges, designed to unite either side of a moat, river, or canal. For centuries, these unhinged structures tucked ...

From the outside, Toxteth Reservoir on High Park Street looks like a solid block of sandstone, a curious relic from Liverpool ...

If you have had enough of sitting on a cramped London Underground train to visit your favourite engineering landmarks, then ...