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]

See also

• Years in rail transport

References

1. Brown, Kenneth (1938). "The first railway in Scotland – the Tranent–Cockenzie wagon-way". Railway Magazine 82: 1–4.
2. Lewis, M. J. T. (1970). Early Wooden Railways. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 107, 195, 239. ISBN 0-7100-6674-0.