Cockenzie Harbour Salt Pan - 3D model by 1722waggonway Excavated September 2023 - Cockenzie Harbour Salt Pan - 3D model by 1722waggonway

Did you know that you can view the 3D model of our Cockenzie Harbour Salt Pan excavation on Sketchfab?
Check it out here👇

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Date for the diary - 2nd May.
The big Waggonway booksale is back! If you’d like to donate any second hand books, you can do so at our Heritage Centre Sundays 11-3. www.1722waggonway.co.uk/museum

Archaeologists uncover Scotland's earliest standard gauge railway near Cockenzie Archaeologists uncover Scotland’s earliest standard gauge railway at Tranent-Cockenzie Waggonway, dating to 1775—predating Carron Ironworks line.

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Archaeologists uncover 'Scotland’s first' standard gauge railway - 300-years-old The discovery was made during excavations on the historic Tranent–Cockenzie Waggonway in East Lothian.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2548182...

Aerial view of an excavation beside an old wall

In September, @1722waggonway.bsky.social are returning to the site where 300-year-old remains of Scotland’s earliest railway were unearthed in 2021 🛤️

Dig into this excavation and over 60 other events as part of the East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...

Two of our editors gave a talk on the 2022 Dickson Journals volume at the National Records of Scotland yesterday! For details of our publications: www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

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One of our recent volumes (ed. by @1722waggonway.bsky.social ) alongside the 18th century manuscripts which were included in the the excellent display on Scottish railway history at the National Records of Scotland!

FREE guided walk this weekend!
Learn how Cockenzie Harbour was built, with guide Malcolm Priestley, who has uncovered letters between HF Cadell and Robert Stevenson, adding a personal touch to this amazing piece of local history.

Find us at West Harbour Rd.
Email info@1722waggonway.co.uk to book

🚨26/27 JULY OPENING 🚨
🕛 We are open both 12-4 Sat & Sun this week!
📍 Find us at West Harbour Road, Cockenzie Harbour, EH32 0HX
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Help raise £500 to help fund the Waggonway Dig 2025 – JustGiving Crowdfunding Iʼm raising money to help fund the Waggonway Dig 2025. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

We're running a quick crowdfund to raise a few extra pennies for the 2025 Waggonway Dig, coming up in September!
If we can raise £500 before September, it'd make a huge difference. So if you can spare a few quid, click the link and donate! #fundraising #share

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Had a fantastic day today running an experiential education workshop making salt with Edinburgh Uni students, my co-investigators @bryonycoombs.bsky.social and @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social, and @edbethune.bsky.social of the 1722 Waggonway Project ( @1722waggonway.bsky.social ) at Cockenzie House.

EXCITING NEWS!
More to come on this soon, but we're very pleased to announce that we'll be picking up our trowels again in September!

Early Railways of Scotland | 1722waggonway PRE-ORDER - BOOK WILL BE DISPATCHED TO YOU AFTER RELEASE DATE OF 15/08/25 In this book Ed Bethune and Anthony Dawson from the 1722 Waggonway Project take the reader on a century long tour of the earliest of Scottish railways, beginning in 1722 with the Tranent–Cockenzie Waggonway and ending with the Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway of 1831, the first ‘modern’ railway in Scotland. Scottish railway history began in 1722 when William Dickson commenced work on the Tranent–Cockenzie Waggonway. Built entirely in wood and designed to carry coal from pits at Tranent to Salt Pans at Cockenzie, it was the first railway to be built in Scotland. Developing first in the most industrialised parts of the country, in the Lothians and later around Glasgow, wooden and iron railways flourished in no small part thanks to the work of Robert Stevenson. This publication aims to make the brand-new information from the archival and archaeological work into Scotland’s earliest railways accessible to all, helping set the context for the beginnings of the Scottish railway network as conceived by trailblazers William Dickson, William Adam and Robert Stevenson. Published by: Amberley Publishing

Ooh look! A Book. Ed Bethune and myself explore the history of Scotland's railways from 1606 to the early 1830s; from wood to iron, muscle to steam, and private to public good. Available to pre-order now! www.1722waggonway.co.uk/product-page...

Will be speaking about the 1722 Tranent-Cockenzie at the Prestonpans Battlefield Museum on 16 May. Guided tours, traditional crafts and reenactment 17 May in Cockenzie. Come and join us!

🚨360 CENTRE - PUBLIC WORKSHOPS
14th & 21st Feb / 11am-3pm
Port Seton Centre.
ALL WELCOME

Come along and have your say on how the 360 Centre might look on the Cockenzie site - this is a great opportunity to learn, use interactive models, debate and make your suggestions!

Great to have this painting back in town!

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We're delighted to announce that our co-written book "SALT: Scotland's Newest Oldest Industry" has been shortlisted in the category of Research Book of the Year!

The winners in each category will be announced on Thursday 28th November.

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