Waggonways are a peculiar type of rail transport, consisting of wooden wheeled vehicles that are pulled by horses along a rail, most commonly made of metal, but occasionally of wood as well. The predecessor of the waggonway originated in mines of mainland Europe, but the type exemplified in Cockenzie was an English innovation from the 1600s. By the next century, in 1722, the waggonway made its way north to Scotland. Coal mining in the town of Tranent was connected to the port and salt pans in Cockenzie by a waggonway…
