1720s in rail transport

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This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1720s.

1722[]

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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[]

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First known use of cast iron wheels on a wagonway, in the Coalbrookdale district of Shropshire, England.^[2]

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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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