1720s in rail transport
This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1720s.
1722
Events
Unknown date events
- Opening of the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway, the first wagonway in Scotland, from the coal pits at Tranent to Cockenzie harbour in East Lothian (2.5 mi (4.0 km)).[1]
1729
Events
Unknown date events
- First known use of cast iron wheels on a wagonway, in the Coalbrookdale district of Shropshire, England.[2]
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See also
- Years in rail transport
References
- Brown, Kenneth (1938). "The first railway in Scotland – the Tranent–Cockenzie wagon-way". Railway Magazine. 82: 1–4.
- Lewis, M. J. T. (1970). Early Wooden Railways. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 107, 195, 239. ISBN 0-7100-6674-0.
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