Arbroath Harbour, Mackay Boatbuilders, Engine-house, Slipway And Winch
Engine House (Period Unassigned), Slipway (Period Unassigned), Winch (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Arbroath Harbour, Mackay Boatbuilders, Engine-house, Slipway And Winch
Classification Engine House (Period Unassigned), Slipway (Period Unassigned), Winch (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Arbroath Harbour, Mackay Boatbuilders, Patent Slip
Canmore ID 152783
Site Number NO64SW 147.01
NGR NO 64376 40575
NGR Description Centred NO 64376 40575
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/152783
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO64SW 147.01 centred 64376 40575
Formerly entered as NO64SW 148 and NO64SW 28.13 at cited location NO 643 406.
Patent Slip [NAT] (at NO 64355 40548)
OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006.
This site consists of a slipway, carriage, haulage engine and engine house. The slipway is 1:16 gradient with a capacity of 250 tons and is about 130m in length. The date of the slipway is unknown. The winch was steam powered until the late 1950s, when it was replaced by electric power.
The slipway haulage engine house is a one-storey building of rubble construction, with handmade brick infill on E frontage (to allow for easy removal/repair of boiler) with a slate and concrete ridge tile roof with 'A' framed couples. An upright boiler sits within the boiler house which serves the steam box of the boatyard (NO64SW 147).
Visited by RCAHMS (GJD) 20 May 1992
NMRS MS/744/210/40 for details.
