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Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Works

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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images B 22081 RCAHMS Aerial Photography 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. 1989 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25881 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25882 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Fitting Shop (Dept. 51, built 1962): Interior view of east bay from south, showing Roof-bolting Machine (built for RJB Mining), with Road-header Machine in background (built for Ukraine) 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25884 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu Motherwell, Craigneuk Street, Anderson Boyes Fitting Shop (Dept. 51, built 1962): Interior view of S end of east bay from north 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25885 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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) 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25887 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25888 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25889 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25890 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25891 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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 14/1/1998 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25892 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25893 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25894 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25896 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25897 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25898 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25899 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25900 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25901 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25902 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25903 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25904 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25905 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images D 25908 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu 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