1722 Waggonway Project

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@margaretsmallallan28 5 ай бұрын

I still cannot hear what is being said! Too far from the microphone. An excellent video re camera though! .......Tich.

@margaretsmallallan28 5 ай бұрын

Could you redo the audio please? I'd really like to hear it all, as what I have managed to hear is very interesting. .........Tich.

@vsvnrg3263 10 ай бұрын

what a pleasant surprise seeing a 1722 item in my notifications list. great show.

@Arkay315 10 ай бұрын

Hey I know the narrator, he's the really old steam locomotive guy.

@1722waggonway 10 ай бұрын

Indeed he is 👍🏻😊

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 10 ай бұрын

I'm not really old!

@Arkay315 10 ай бұрын

@@AnthonyDawsonHistory I meant is that you talk about old locomotives

@Graham_Rule Жыл бұрын

I can't see this "train" idea ever catching on.

@1722waggonway Жыл бұрын

Who knew eh? 😉

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

at 11:08, wikipedia states that robert stevenson was his grandfather, not his father. robert's father was named thomas.

@1722waggonway Жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct - a small mis-speak on our part :)

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

@@1722waggonway , a very unusual slip from anthony. i'll record this as the only historical inaccuracy he has ever made.

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

excellent. this explains the processes and fits nicely with what is uncovered at the later digs on the big salt pans

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

excellent show

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

excellent work.

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

excellent show

@Millstudios-Ally Жыл бұрын

My mother was born and lived in Meadowmill … :) nice memories for her .

@eils84 Жыл бұрын

This was a sawmill.

@1722waggonway Жыл бұрын

Amazing thanks so much! Everything seemed to be pointing to that conclusion so very glad to confirm it with your help 😊

@eils84 Жыл бұрын

@1722 Waggonway Project Gifford Community woodland might be able to give you some information on it.

@1habibbarri Жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@timwerner7771 Жыл бұрын

So interesting! a predecessor to the modern railways still in use today. Thank you!

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

fascinating. ive subscribed. i am having trouble understanding why there was a need for the bulk transfer station. i wonder why the wagons didnt continue to the docks. i heard something about road wagons. but there are rail mounting points where road wagons may have been loaded. i assume the brick building behind the excavations was built after the transfer station ceased use. there is not much distance from the transfer station to the first sleeper block shown in this video. i ask what the gradient is from there to the top level of the transfer station? it looks too steep for a horse to work. now some words about those bloody wheelbarrows. you people in uk and europe really have ergonomically poor wheelbarrows. they flex under load and when they are being moved, the operator has to reach down too far and is holding up the handles because all the load is behind the front wheel. such awkward barrows are available in australia but they are not used by tradesmen or other people, like myself, who have dug holes for a living. my favourite type with the best balance that wont be available in uk is a narrow (600mm wide) tmp. but there are many decent brands here including stanley. when lightly loaded, a good amount of the load can be loaded forward of the wheel, meaning that when you are pushing it the load is balanced. see if there are pictures on their website then see if there is a manufacturer closer to your part of the world that seems to have a similar product.

@rosewhite--- 2 жыл бұрын

That brick clay was much too hard and dry. It should be as soft as margarine.

@1722waggonway 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@rosewhite--- 2 жыл бұрын

@@1722waggonway Here you are: nice and soft so it's easy to fill the boxes. The sand will really wear the boxes away and these days its two minutes to saw some wood and nail it but two-three-four hundred years ago first they had to go chop down a tree. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGHJYmyDqKaZgNU I live next to Beverley and old buildings there have hand made bricks and the boxes must have been badly worn as some of the bricks are not much thicker than one inch especially in the White House pub and the wall along a ginnel I use as a shortcut to the shops. I grew up next to a brickworks and the excavator driver told me he only dug out grey shale stuff and any yellow clay was just piled aside.

@1722waggonway 2 жыл бұрын

@@rosewhite--- thanks, we’ll pass this to Wessex Archaeology as it was their workshop :) But we did get some nice wee bricks nonetheless- lots of fun!

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

@@rosewhite--- , i have seen tv shows and yt videos that support your advice about "margarine".

@rosewhite--- 2 жыл бұрын

Fold is the word for a small enclosure

@1722waggonway 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@mikebrown3772 2 жыл бұрын

Anthony's hat's not quite as distinctive as Phil Harding's but his presentation skills are definitely getting there 😀

@AustinMcsherry 2 жыл бұрын

I worked in James Thin bookstore 30 years ago and I remember reading in a book that where the waggon way continued north of church street in Tranent as it made its way towards Meadowmill there were stones built into the wall to the sides of the waggon way which had wooden parts set in them to attach the rails, but I think that wall was demolished around the time of the bypass being built and the surrounding roads also changed. Always meant to have a look and see if anything was still there. Be a shame if they were lost. I’m sure the start of the waggon way at that point in time was right next to the pavement and its certainly different now.

@1722waggonway 2 жыл бұрын

There are indeed stone Sleeper blocks built into some of the walls between Tranent and Cockenzie - although they have pairs of holes in them where the iron chairs were bolted on, rather than any wooden components. The stones are from the 19th century upgrade which began in 1815, and any wooden components were part of the older structure - the only archaeological evidence for the use of wooden components was in repairs discovered at Cockenzie harbour where a single broken sleeper block had been shored up with pieces of wood in the mid - late 19th century. But if you want to look for the sleeper blocks - there’s one in the eastern wall at Gardiners Bridge at Meadowmill, and then a whole collection of them scattered around Cockenzie. We also have 3 in our museum, which are well worth a look :)

@griffinrails 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing project, this channel is incredible!

@1722waggonway 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like it :)

@carolinegray3150 2 жыл бұрын

Good and interesting video

@carolinegray3150 2 жыл бұрын

Good and interesting video

@carolinegray3150 2 жыл бұрын

Good video