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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Works
Works (19th Century)
Site Name Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Works
Classification Works (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Robberhall Road; Flemington Electrical; Long Airdox
Canmore ID 151802
Site Number NS75NE 25
NGR NS 7700 5619
NGR Description Centred NS 7700 5619
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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SC 775867
View from SW showing part of Robberhall Road frontage
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
18/2/1971
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
SC 1257247
Anderson Boyes and Co. Ltd. Works, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
4/7/1931
© HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1257249
Anderson Boyes and Co. Ltd. Works, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
4/7/1931
© HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1257252
Anderson Boyes and Co. Ltd. Works, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
4/7/1931
© HES (Aerofilms Collection)
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Gear Cell (recently erected): Interior view from north down east bay, showing ranges of gear-cutting machine-tool centres
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior general view of detached block of new Machine Shops occupying east side of works (nearer lower bays built 1942, further bays built in 1962)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Detail of ornamental coping on top of The Tower, forming north part of the original 1899 office building
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Fitting Shop (Dept. 51, built 1962): Interior view of east bay from north showing assembled machines. To right and left are Road-header (tunnelling) machines, the machine to right being an RH45 ordered for the Ukraine
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Fitting Shop (Dept. 51, built 1962): Interior view of N end of west bay from south, showing a Shearer being assembled (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1687694
Oblique aerial view of Craigneuk St, Motherwell, centred on the Anderson Boyes Works, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
17/6/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Fitting Shop (Dept. 51, built 1962): Interior view of N end of west bay from south, showing a Shearer being assembled (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
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).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2618820
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from west north west of main office buildings, including the original 1899 offices (centre and right), and new offices to left (built in 1962)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south west of south end original 1899 office block
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south west of Pattern Shop (left, built 1920), and Marking Shop (built 1911)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of Boiler House (built 1955). The tall brick square-section chimney stack was demolished in about 1995
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south west of range of bays containing stores and production control labs (from right to left, dating from 1942, 1937, 1951 and 1955)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south east of bays containing former Experimental and Electrical Departments, the outside bays of which were built in 1948, the centre bay dating from 1919
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes View from south east of rear of Canteen (built 1920 and 1963). The centre of the three windows (now boarded up) contained a stained glass Anderson Boyes logo (see D 25913 & D 25914/CN)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2618852
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes General view from south west of Anderson Boyes Flemington Electrical Works, originally opened in 1899, closed 6 March 1998
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1494989
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 66, adjacent to Fitting Shop, built 1942): Interior detail of panel of large Anderson Boyes electrical switches at north end of west bay. These switches are typical of the electrical products once produced by the company
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1495004
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495007
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Main Offices (built 1899): detail of typical 'AB' (Anderson Boyes) company logo in the glass of an office door
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of west facade of Canteen, built in 1920 (with additions in 1963)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1495022
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of Boiler House (built 1955). The tall brick square-section chimney stack was demolished in about 1995
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1495029
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of new Gear Cell building, built in the 1990s to house new automated machine-tool centres for the production of gears
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Fitting Shop (Dept. 51, built 1962): Interior view at N end of west bay from N, showing a newly-assembled Roof-bolting Machine with jib extended, undergoing tests prior to dispatch
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1687693
Oblique aerial view of Craigneuk St, Motherwell, centred on the Anderson Boyes Works, taken from the NNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
17/6/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2618793
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 66, adjacent to Fitting Shop, built in 1942): Interior view of south end of west bay from N, showing ranges of machine tools and associated small cranes
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north east of Pattern Store, with Record Store on upper floor (building erected in 1908). The steel-framed awning was built by A & J Main of Glasgow
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north north east of Maintenance building (foreground, built 1943), and in background, the east side of the Foundry (built in 1976)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Detail of 1899 date plaque in central pediment of original office building
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Detail of ornamental coping on top of The Tower, forming north part of the original 1899 office building
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 886506
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Flemington Electrical (Long Airdox) Works Copy of historic photograph, with permission of Long Airdox: interior view of Erecting Shop
c. 1910
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SC 1227794
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 20, built 1899): Interior view from W. The machine tools have been moved to other parts of the factory, and the building is now disused
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1257251
Anderson Boyes and Co. Ltd. Works, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
4/7/1931
© HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1494992
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
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1494996
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495006
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495020
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north east of Pattern Store, with Record Store on upper floor (building erected in 1908). The steel-framed awning was built by A & J Main of Glasgow
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1495024
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south of Foundry (built 1920), with garages (far right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south south east of office block (built 1957) situated on east side of Marking Shop
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1495038
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes General view from south west of Anderson Boyes Flemington Electrical Works, originally opened in 1899, closed 6 March 1998
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1495953
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Fitting Shop (Dept. 51, built 1962): Interior view of S end of east bay from north
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 2618791
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 66, adjacent to Fitting Shop, built 1942): Interior detail of panel of large Anderson Boyes electrical switches at north end of west bay. These switches are typical of the electrical products once produced by the company
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2618819
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of new office building, built in 1962
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south south east of office block (built 1957) situated on east side of Marking Shop
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 2618838
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south showing offices at east side of Marking Shop (left), and west side of Foundry (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 2618846
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes General exterior view of works from east, showing new Machine Shops (left), and Heat Treatment Department (built 1981, 1960 and 1945) in distance (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 2618851
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes General view from south west of Anderson Boyes Flemington Electrical Works, originally opened in 1899, closed 6 March 1998
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1494997
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1494998
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)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1494999
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1495009
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495011
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of new office building, built in 1962
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495018
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of west facade (rendered) of Purchase Department offices (built in 1908), with Record Store (also built in 1908) visible in background (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495019
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of Conference Room building, built in 1962
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495023
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south west of Pattern Shop (left, built 1920), and Marking Shop (built 1911)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495027
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of Maintenance Department building (two bays in foreground built in 1927, further bay 1943)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495035
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south showing open-sided stores (left, erected in 1957), and to right, west side of new Machine Shop (built in 1942)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1495956
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 66, adjacent to Fitting Shop, built in 1942): Interior view of south end of west bay from N, showing ranges of machine tools and associated small cranes
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 1687789
Aerial photograph of a general view of Ravenscraig Steelworks, and surrounding area, including Anderson Boyes, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell. A separate selective enlargement covers the foreground of the above photograph, and shows Anderson Boyes, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell only. The selective enlargement is held in the Motherwell A-C boxfile.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1989
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2618826
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes General exterior view from south west of block of office buildings at the west side of the works
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 2618835
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south south east of office block (built 1957) situated on east side of Marking Shop
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 2618855
Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Detail of typical round sheet metal ventilator situated on the roof ridge of the original 1899 office building
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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SC 838074
Aerial photograph of a general view of Ravenscraig Steelworks, and surrounding area, including Anderson Boyes, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell from south. This shows two of the three cooling towers of the Ravenscraig site (right), Scrap Metal Preparation area (with 'white' roof), Stripping and Mould Preparation, North and South Casting Say and Ladle Sevice Bay building left); Coke Ovens and Blast Furnaces beyond with their cooling towers (centre) and Sinter Plant no. 3 at the north end of the site (top right). The sag tipping, processing and storage areas sit to the north (top). A separate selective enlargement covers the foreground of the above photograph, and shows Anderson Boyes, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell only. The selective enlargement is held in the Motherwell A-C boxfile.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1989
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SC 1257248
Anderson Boyes and Co. Ltd. Works, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-east.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
4/7/1931
© HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1494991
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1495008
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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Detailed exterior view of main facade of original offices, built in 1899, and bearing the original name of the company, Anderson Boyes
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south west of south end original 1899 office block
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes General exterior view from south west of block of office buildings at the west side of the works
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south showing offices at east side of Marking Shop (left), and west side of Foundry (right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 66, adjacent to Fitting Shop, built in 1942): Interior view of west bay from N, with Giddings and Lewis Fraser (of Arbroath) Horizontal Boring Machine in foreground (left), and other machine tools in background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Fitting Shop (Dept. 51, built 1962): Interior view at N end of west bay from N, showing a newly-assembled Roof-bolting Machine with jib extended, undergoing tests prior to dispatch
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Machine Shop (Dept. 66, adjacent to Fitting Shop, built in 1942): Interior view of west bay from N, with Giddings and Lewis Fraser (of Arbroath) Horizontal Boring Machine in foreground (left), and other machine tools in background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes General exterior view from south west of block of office buildings at the west side of the works
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of Work Study building (built in 1963, according to date on glass above front door), showing latticed-steel partially exposed frame
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south of Foundry (built 1920), with garages (far right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from north west of new Gear Cell building, built in the 1990s to house new automated machine-tool centres for the production of gears
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Exterior view from south east of new three-storeyed office building (containing Records and Drawing Offices, built in 1946)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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Anderson Boyes and Co. Ltd. Works, Craigneuk Street, Motherwell. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
4/7/1931
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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
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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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.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/1/1998
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- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Dalziel
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Motherwell
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS75NE 25 centred 7700 5619
This large factory complex is situated to the S side of Motherwell adjacent to what was Ravenscraig and Lanarkshire Steel Works. Dating mostly from the early and mid-20th Century, the works was established in 1899 by Anderson Boyes, mining engineers, and specialising in the manufacture of mining machinery, and intrinsically safe electrical equipment for use underground in mines. The factory buildings comprise blocks of mostly red-brick steel-framed buildings, each consisting of long bays designed to house groups of machine tools devoted to specialised activities within the manufacturing process.
After a succession of takeovers, the factory was due to be shut down by its American owners in on 6 March 1998, after which all but the new 'gear cells' building and associated heat-treatment plant (which were to remain as an independent operation) were to be demolished. Closure was not caused by a fall in demand for mining machinery, but more because the demand had shifted away from traditional European markets.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), March 1998.
