Anthony Dawson, Bethune, Ed, FSA Scot

Early Railways of Scotland

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 Tranentâ Cockenzie Waggonway and ending with the Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway of 1831, the first â modernâ railway in Scotland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 162mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781398123199
• ISBN-10: 1398123196
• Artikelnr.: 71627974

Autorenporträt

Anthony Dawson is an archaeologist and early railway historian who has authored many books for Amberley. He has also written several monographs on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway for Pen & Sword Transport. He is a member of the Railway & Canal Historical Society, the Newcomen Society and is a Director of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Trust. He is also a member of the International Early Railways Conference committee and the 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group. He has appeared on several TV programs including Secret History of the Railways and Time Team. Ed Bethune is an early railway historian and heritage media consultant and is the founder and chairperson of the 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group. He has been researching the Tranent-Cockenzie Waggonway since 2013 and has published work relating to his research in The Journals of William Dickson (1717-1745): The man who helped build Scotland's first railway (Scottish Record Society, 2022), and Salt: Scotland's Newest Oldest Industry (John Donald, 2023). He has also written for NLS 'Discover', History Scotland, East Lothian Life and has appeared on the BBC's Digging for Britain.