Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Works
551 1/4/9/175
Description Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Works
Date 14/1/1998
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number 551 1/4/9/175
Category All Other
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1494769
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618795 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 30, built 1923): Interior view from W down centre of three bays. The machine tools have been moved to other parts of the factory, and the building is now disused | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618796 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop and (far right bay) Gear-cutting Shop (Dept. 33, built 1924): Interior view from west-north-west. The machine tools have been moved to other parts of the factory, and the building is now disused. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618797 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 21, built 1954): Interior view from west down centre of three bays, with horizontal borer machine in foreground left | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618798 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 21, built 1954): Interior view from west down centre of three bays, with horizontal borer machine in foreground left | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618799 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 21, built 1954): Interior view from west at west end south bay. The view shows Hugh McLelland working on the electrical control box of a coal cutting machine, pressure testing and dressing welds | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618800 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 21, built 1954): Interior view from south west at east end of north bay, showing a horizontal boring machine working on the down-drive wheel-housing for a large coal-cutting machine destined for Queensland, Australia - the last machine to be made by the company in Motherwell. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618801 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 21, built 1954) : Interior view from east at east end of centre bay, showing Richards Vertical Boring machine, with a Herbert Turret Lathe visible beyond. In the past, the factory manufactured Herbert Lathes under licence. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618802 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 21 East End, built 1957): Interior view from east in north bay showing a Kearns Richards Horizontal Boring Machine working on the central housing of a large coal-cutting machine destined for Queensland, Australia - the last machine to be made by the company in Motherwell. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618803 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 21 East End, built 1957): Interior view from west in north bay showing a Kearns Richards Horizontal Boring Machine (operated by Kenneth Beveridge) working on the central housing of a large coal-cutting machine destined for Queensland, Australia - the last machine to be made by the company in Motherwell. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618804 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 21, East End, built 1957): Interior view from east down centre bay, with fabricated portion of coal cutting machine in foreground, and Butler 'Elgamill' (background right) | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618805 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Plate Cutting (adjacent to Dept. 21, built 1943): Interior view from SE showing area where steel plate is cut into pieces used to fabricate casings and parts for coal cutting machinery. Note also the re-inforced concrete frame of the building. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618806 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Foundry (Dept.15, main bay built 1976 and side bay 1920): Interior view from SE of main and side bay (left). The foundry has been disused for many years, the building being used for storage. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618807 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Heat Treatment (Dept. 12, west bay built 1945): Interior view from north east in west bay, showing two Thermic Preston small heating ovens, with quenching tanks (left). Behind the ovens is a gas generator producing clean endothermic gas required for the sealed heat treatment ovens. Heat treatment is required for the hardening of components of machines, such as gears (see rack in foreground). | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618808 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Heat Treatment (Dept. 12, west bay built 1945): Interior view from north west in the west bay of one of three Wild Barfield Carbo-drip heating furnaces, and cooling pot (right). The furnace is fuelled by clean endothermic gas (produced by a generator on the other side of the bay), and heat treatment is required for the hardening of components of machines, such as gears. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618809 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Heat Treatment (Dept. 12, west bay built 1945): Interior view from north east in west bay, showing two Ipsen sealed quench heat-treatment furnaces (TQ 7 left, and TQ 9 right). Both are fired by pure endothermic gas from an adjacent gas producer. Heat treatment is required for the hardening of components of machines, such as gears. The furnaces are loaded from a rail-mounted conveyor (foreground). | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618810 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Heat Treatment (Dept. 12, east bay, built 1981): Interior view from SW showing two Gibbons Heating Ovens (fired by ordinary natural gas), separated by an oil quenching tank. Note that the furnaces are loaded and unloaded using a rail-mounted traverser. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618811 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Gear Cell (recently erected): Interior view from north down east bay, showing ranges of gear-cutting machine-tool centres | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618812 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Main Offices (built 1899): Interior view from SE of main stair and wood-panelled foyer. Beneath the carpet is a Granolite floor bearing the 'AB' (Anderson Boyes) company logo. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618813 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Main Offices (built 1899): Interior view from SE of main stair and wood-panelled foyer. Beneath the carpet is a Granolite floor bearing the 'AB' (Anderson Boyes) company logo. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618814 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Main Offices (built 1899): detail of typical 'AB' (Anderson Boyes) company logo in the glass of an office door | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618815 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Main Offices (built 1899): detail of typical glass panels in doors to upstairs offices, bearing the 'AB' (Anderson Boyes) company logo. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618816 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Canteen (built 1920 with additions in 1963: detail of stained glass Anderson Boyes 'AB' logo in central window of east end of dining hall. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618817 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Canteen (built 1920 with additions in 1963): detail of stained glass Anderson Boyes 'AB' logo in central window of east end of dining hall. | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
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On-line Digital Images | SC 2618818 | Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south west of machine shop bays, the nearest bays (right) dating from the opening of the works in 1899, the further bays originating from a sequence of expansions in 1912, 1922, 1924 and 1954 | 14/1/1998 | Item Level |
