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 coal pits at Tranent with the salt pans at Cockenzie and harbour at Port Seton in East Lothian, Scotland. The track was wooden, and wagons were drawn by horses. The Battle of Prestonpans in 1745 was fought across the line.
The Waggonway at Cockenzie Harbour in the background on a photo of Sir Robert Cadell, 1854
Volunteers with the 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group excavating the remains of the wooden waggonway in 2022
Replica coal wagon No.45 'James Paterson’ in West Harbour Road, Cockenzie, 2018
Battle of Prestonpans
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The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
The remains of the Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway
Sir John Cope was cleared by the subsequent court-martial, but Prestonpans ended his career.
Colonel Gardiner's Monument; his death turned him into a Nonconformist martyr