Newbie, Boiler Works
Boiler Works (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Newbie, Boiler Works
Classification Boiler Works (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Newbie Works; Cochran's Boiler Works; Canteen War Memorial Plaque
Canmore ID 90116
Site Number NY16NE 148
NGR NY 18290 65150
NGR Description Centred NY 18290 65150
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/90116
![View from NW along NE side of Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication and Cylinder Fabrication Shop], with tower crane (Blinkin' Bess) to L](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499174.jpg)
![View from NW along SW side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing and Testing]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499187.jpg)
![View of Borderer boiler, ready for dispatch (in Bay 4 [Light Fabrication and Engineering])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499203.jpg)
![View from NW along NE side of Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication and Cylinder Fabrication Shop], with tower crane (Blinkin' Bess) to L](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499175.jpg)
![Detail of Scottish Machine Tool Corporation plate shearing machine in Bay 4 [Light Fabrication and Engineering]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499201.jpg)
![View of Clansman boiler, ready for dispatch (in Bay 4 [Light Fabrication and Engineering])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499202.jpg)
![Detail of boiler cylinder welding machine in Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication & Cylinder Fabrication Shop]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499207.jpg)
![General view from NW of SW end of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bay 2 [Flexible Fabrication], 3 [Heavy Fabrication], 4 [Light Fabrication & Engineering] and 5 [Machining & General Stores], with Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing and Testing] far right)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499185.jpg)
![View from SE of SE end and along SW side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing & Testing]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499190.jpg)
![Detail of part of Bronx plate bending machine in Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication & Cylinder Fabrication Shop]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499206.jpg)
![View from E of Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication & Cylinder Fabrication Shop], with electrical substation building in foreground](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499171.jpg)
![View from NE of NE end of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bays 6 [Maintenance Dep't], 5 [Machining and General Stores], 4 [Light Fabrication and Engineering], 3 [Heavy Fabrication] and 2 [Flexible Fabrication]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499172.jpg)
![General view from W of W side of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bay 2 [Flexible Fabrication], 3 [Heavy Fabrication], 4 [Light Fabrication & Engineering] and 5 [Machining & General Stores]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499183.jpg)
![General view from NW of SW end of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bay 2 [Flexible Fabrication], 3 [Heavy Fabrication], 4 [Light Fabrication & Engineering] and 5 [Machining & General Stores], with Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing and Testing] far right)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499184.jpg)
![View from NW along SW side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing and Testing]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499186.jpg)
![Detail of Punch & Shear Machine in open shed at SE end of Bay 3 [Heavy Fabrication], made by Henry Pels of London](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499200.jpg)
![Detail of medium sized boiler cylinder in Bay 3 [Heavy Fabrication], awaiting further fabrication stages](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499204.jpg)
![General view from W of W side of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bay 2 [Flexible Fabrication], 3 [Heavy Fabrication], 4 [Light Fabrication & Engineering] and 5 [Machining & General Stores]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499182.jpg)
![Detail of stack of boiler end plates at NE end of Bay 3 [Heavy Fabrication]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499205.jpg)
![General view from NNE, with part of Bay 5 [Machining & General Stores] (R) and Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing & Testing] in distance](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499168.jpg)
![View from SE of SE end and along SW side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing & Testing]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499189.jpg)
![General view from SE along NE side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing & Testing], across yard towards Bay 5 [Machining & General Stores] and 6 [Maintenance Dep't]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499191.jpg)
![Detail of recently welded boiler cylinders in Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication & Cylinder Fabrication Shop]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02499208.jpg)
![View from NW along NE side of Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication and Cylinder Fabrication Shop], with tower crane (Blinkin' Bess) to L](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499174.jpg)
![View from NW along SW side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing and Testing]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499187.jpg)
![View of Borderer boiler, ready for dispatch (in Bay 4 [Light Fabrication and Engineering])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499203.jpg)
![View from NW along NE side of Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication and Cylinder Fabrication Shop], with tower crane (Blinkin' Bess) to L](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499175.jpg)
![Detail of Scottish Machine Tool Corporation plate shearing machine in Bay 4 [Light Fabrication and Engineering]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499201.jpg)
![View of Clansman boiler, ready for dispatch (in Bay 4 [Light Fabrication and Engineering])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499202.jpg)
![Detail of boiler cylinder welding machine in Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication & Cylinder Fabrication Shop]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499207.jpg)
![General view from NW of SW end of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bay 2 [Flexible Fabrication], 3 [Heavy Fabrication], 4 [Light Fabrication & Engineering] and 5 [Machining & General Stores], with Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing and Testing] far right)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499185.jpg)
![View from SE of SE end and along SW side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing & Testing]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499190.jpg)
![Detail of part of Bronx plate bending machine in Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication & Cylinder Fabrication Shop]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499206.jpg)
![View from E of Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication & Cylinder Fabrication Shop], with electrical substation building in foreground](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499171.jpg)
![View from NE of NE end of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bays 6 [Maintenance Dep't], 5 [Machining and General Stores], 4 [Light Fabrication and Engineering], 3 [Heavy Fabrication] and 2 [Flexible Fabrication]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499172.jpg)
![General view from W of W side of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bay 2 [Flexible Fabrication], 3 [Heavy Fabrication], 4 [Light Fabrication & Engineering] and 5 [Machining & General Stores]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499183.jpg)
![General view from NW of SW end of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bay 2 [Flexible Fabrication], 3 [Heavy Fabrication], 4 [Light Fabrication & Engineering] and 5 [Machining & General Stores], with Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing and Testing] far right)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499184.jpg)
![View from NW along SW side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing and Testing]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499186.jpg)
![Detail of Punch & Shear Machine in open shed at SE end of Bay 3 [Heavy Fabrication], made by Henry Pels of London](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499200.jpg)
![Detail of medium sized boiler cylinder in Bay 3 [Heavy Fabrication], awaiting further fabrication stages](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499204.jpg)
![General view from W of W side of main block of fabrication bays (L to R, Bay 2 [Flexible Fabrication], 3 [Heavy Fabrication], 4 [Light Fabrication & Engineering] and 5 [Machining & General Stores]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499182.jpg)
![Detail of stack of boiler end plates at NE end of Bay 3 [Heavy Fabrication]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499205.jpg)
![General view from NNE, with part of Bay 5 [Machining & General Stores] (R) and Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing & Testing] in distance](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499168.jpg)
![View from SE of SE end and along SW side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing & Testing]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499189.jpg)
![General view from SE along NE side of Bay 7 [Heavy Fabrication Finishing & Testing], across yard towards Bay 5 [Machining & General Stores] and 6 [Maintenance Dep't]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499191.jpg)
![Detail of recently welded boiler cylinders in Bay 1 [Plate Fabrication & Cylinder Fabrication Shop]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02499208.jpg)
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Annan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY16NE 148 centred 18290 65150
Works [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, August 2009.
For associated housing (NY 1805 6508), see NY16NE 149.
(Location cited as NY 183 652). Newbie, boiler works, built 1898 on by Cochran & Co. A large group of single-storey workshops of various dates. The original bays are wooden-framed, with Belfast roofs, and are wooden-clad: later additions are steel-framed. Two early Cochran boilers are preserved in the apprentice-training school.
J R Hume 1976.
Newbie boiler works, situated on the W bank of the River Annan to the SW of Annan town (NY16NE 133), has been recorded from aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1994). Latterly known as Cochran's Boiler Works the site was recently taken over by Rolls Royce Power and is thought to be the 'largest boiler works in Europe'.
Information from RCAHMS (MKO, JH) 15 July 1998.
