Archaeologists have detected the remains of the early standard gauge railway in Scotland in Kocanzi, East Lotan. It is believed that in the early 1775, 1435 mm (4’8.5 ″) wide wooden railway can also predict the Willington Vegonway of New Castle, before it is believed that it is believed to be the oldest standard gauge railway. This 1435 mm track gauge will spread from gravity and horse -powered wagon railways to become the standard of 19th -century steam trains.
The excavator is a part of the Heritage Initiative community of the Waggonway 1722 project, which is to investigate and protect the initial recorded railway cocaine Vegonway of any gauge in Scotland. It was built in 1722 by a company of York buildings to carry coal from the tranant’s pit from the cocaine’s industrial snacks, where seawater was produced by seawater in large watts known as salt pan. The loaded wagons went down from the railway run by gravity with the supervision of the brakes. Empty wagons were pulled back to the coal pit by horses.
2,000 tonnes a year – which needed to feed a large quantity of coal for six days a day, more than a dozen complete wagons a day. To support these frequent runs of large weights, there were double height rails to remove the difficulty in moving heavy wood -equipped wood -equipped coal on the Sogni ground in Waggonway. It had one set of rails on the other, the lower rails are attached and the tie beam is stable. The wood was cut square and joined with wooden develos, called Tribal.
Archaeologists and volunteers have so far revealed 65 feet of the railway, which includes a safe section of the rail and relationships with their original trim.
“The DIG has been another great success for the project,” said Ed Bethan, the chair of the Waggonway project.
“We have once again jointly supported the archaeological records, with the joint support of professionals and community volunteers, and made new discoveries to increase the incredible history of the early stages of the Scottish Railway.
“To discover that this gauge, which we consider ‘modern’, was in use earlier that we could not even imagine, not only interesting but also at the national level.”
