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    The Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway was an early waggonway, possibly the first in Scotland, opened in 1722. It was 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) miles long and connected...
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    February 2013. "Baron Courts: News – Restoration Goal for the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway across which the Battle raged!". Battleofprestonpans1745.org...
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    pans would have been fueled by coal transported to Cockenzie via the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway. Excavation of one of the salt pans, known as the...
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    behind the embankment of the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway, which crossed the battlefield. The court-martial set up in 1746 to review Cope's conduct agreed...
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  • Lord Grange 7 May – Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway construction begins. Signet Library established in Edinburgh. Pheasant introduced to Scotland. Possible...
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    the Central Belt. The earliest railways, beginning with the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway in 1722, had wooden rails, and several lines had been built...
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    Thurston Manor Torness nuclear power station Tranent, Tranent Parish Church, Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway Traprain Law Tyne Mouth Tyninghame Wallyford...
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  • Peebles and Melrose. The waggonway would have been horse-operated, and was intended to form an outlet for iron products and lime to the borders area, and...
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    Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remainder to Carlisle...
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  • serving the colliery there, to Devon Colliery north of Fishcross. It was a close copy of the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway in gauge, wagon size and operating...
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