The Kinetics Industrial Museum is a collection of paperwork and artefacts, mostly to do with Glasgow and Scottish industry. The museum is open during shop hours.
A selection of exhibits, in no particular order:
Advertising Lantern Slides from Paton’s of Johnstone.
Phoenix Iron Works One Penny token, 1813.
A beautiful hand-drawn poster of an industrial fan made by Howden’s of Glasgow.
Plan of a 60-ton travelling crane, maker unknown.
Testing data of Yarrow boilers and Howden equipment on battleships, 1903.
German model coal and hydro power stations. Some assembly needed.
German model coal and hydro power stations. Some assembly needed.
Electrical test meter from Nobel’s Explosives.
Sigg aluminium advertising token for HF Nicholls, Gallowgate, Glasgow.
Plessey PDRM-82 Radiation Meter.
Plan of IBM Greenock.
A beautiful drawing of a water turbine for Paton’s Mill, Johnstone.
Model steam engine, maker unknown.
Plan of IBM Greenock.
Blueprint of a crane hook made by the famous Glasgow firm of Sir William Arrol & Co.
Model steam engine, maker unknown.
Fire warning sign from the Kilbagie Paper Mill.
Maker’s plate from a boiler made by the Falkirk Iron Co.
Glass lantern slides from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Plan of a water turbine for Paton’s mill, Johnstone.
Miscellany from the Meadowside Shipyard at Partick, Glasgow.
Press pack for the opening of Chapelcross nuclear power station.
No Smoking sign and an old school poster of the Clyde docks, 1950s.
Enamel sign for a Novox respirator, from a paper mill.
An IBM badge with a real microchip on it.
Howden’s Paperwork
Detonator tins from Nobel’s Explosives, Glasgow.
Sigg aluminium advertising token for HF Nicholls, Gallowgate, Glasgow.
1904 plan of the Boiler Shop at the John Brown yard in Clydebank.
Brochure from the opening of Kincardine Power Station.
Founded in 1880, this company specialised in large glass roofs, they’re responsible for the roofs of Glasgow’s Central Station and Edinburgh’s Waverley Station.
Enamel sign from Lambhill Ironworks.
Detonator tins from Nobel’s Explosives, Glasgow.
Brochure from the opening of Kincardine Power Station.
Map of GSWR junction, Glasgow
Detonator tins from Nobel’s Explosives, Glasgow.
Plan of a 3-masted iron sailing ship built by D & W Henderson of Partick.
Certificate from The United Society of Boiler Makers and Iron & Steel Ship Builders.
Ballistic mortar slide rules from Nobel’s Explosives.
Advertising Lantern Slides from Paton’s of Johnstone.
Badge from the Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary Dounreay Dog Section.
Model paper machine from Caldwells mill, Inverkeithing.
Pay token from Robert Elder’s Fairfield Shipyard.
Padded box for carrying nitroglycerine samples, from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Brochure from the opening of Kincardine Power Station.
Model steam engine, maker unknown.
Demonstration of explosive sintering, from Nobel’s Explosive Works, Ardeer.
Miscellany from the Meadowside Shipyard at Partick, Glasgow.
Glass lantern slides from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Phoenix Iron Works One Penny token, 1813.
A beautiful drawing of a water turbine for Paton’s Mill, Johnstone.
Drawings from Howden’s Engineering Works, Glasgow.
Oil can from the North British Railway.
Plan of a 3-masted iron sailing ship built by D & W Henderson of Partick.
No Smoking sign and an old school poster of the Clyde docks, 1950s.
Plan of a water turbine for Paton’s mill, Johnstone.
Letter opener from Nobel’s. The top is in the shape of a press.
Plan of the Guardbridge Paper Mill, Fife.
Titanium afterburner flap from a military jet engine.
Detonator pliers from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Half hull model of the Invincible, built by Tod & Macgregor in 1844.
Pay token from Robert Elder’s Fairfield Shipyard.
A Sine Bar from the toolroom of the North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow.
Glass lantern slides from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Measuring gauge from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer. Not sure what this would’ve measured.
A Bakelite model of Tait Tower from the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.
Plan of a water pipe at the Caldwell’s paper mill in Inverkeithing.
Poster from Royal Ordnance Factory Bishopton.
Model Parsons steam turbine from the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition.
GCHQ Trade Unions badge.
Printing plate of Paton’s Mill, Johnstone.
Plan of a Davies Patent Water Tube Boiler.
Plan by William Arrol & Co for the John Brown shipyard.
ools from Lang Lathes. Lang’s of Johnstone were founded in 1873, and lasted until 1979.
A War Service badge from the Fairfield shipyard – now BAE Systems Govan.
1913 drawing from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Section of submarine cable, cut underwater by shaped charge.
ools from Lang Lathes. Lang’s of Johnstone were founded in 1873, and lasted until 1979.
Plan of a 60-ton travelling crane, maker unknown.
Miscellany from the Meadowside Shipyard at Partick, Glasgow.
German model coal and hydro power stations. Some assembly needed.
1946 Sailmaker’s Palm, used to push needles through tough fabric.
Plate from a 5 Ton Butters Brothers crane.
Ballistic mortar slide rules from Nobel’s Explosives.
Brass handle made by Simpson Lawrence & Co of Glasgow.
Ballistic mortar slide rules from Nobel’s Explosives.
Hand coloured image of a large fan made by Howden’s of Scotland Street, Glasgow.
Advertising Lantern Slides from Paton’s of Johnstone.
Pay check token from Bertram’s of Sciennes.
Model steam engine, maker unknown.
Brochure from the opening of Kincardine Power Station.
Plan of a water turbine for Paton’s mill, Johnstone.
Enamel badge from the News International Wapping disputes in 1986.
Woven silk diploma from the Glasgow Technical College.
Press pack for the opening of Chapelcross nuclear power station.
Plan of IBM Greenock.
Sterling machine for bevelling the corners of books, made in Portland, Maine.
Rollo Elf lathe. Made in the Highlands of Scotland, this lathe used a Sturmey Archer hub.
Rollo Elf lathe. Made in the Highlands of Scotland, this lathe used a Sturmey Archer hub.
Ship’s telegraph face made by Mechans Ltd. of Scotstoun.
Gunpowder carrying box from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Drawings from Howden’s Engineering Works, Glasgow.
Plan of a water turbine for Paton’s mill, Johnstone.
A Magnadet Exploder from Nobel’s Explosives Co. Ltd.
Plan of a 60-ton travelling crane, maker unknown.
Painting of The Finnieston Crane by DC Ferguson, 1985.
Model Parsons steam turbine from the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition.
Plan of a water pipe at the Caldwell’s paper mill in Inverkeithing.
Drawings from Howden’s Engineering Works, Glasgow.
Magazine cover from 7th May 1938.
1946 Sailmaker’s Palm, used to push needles through tough fabric.
1904 plan of the Boiler Shop at the John Brown yard in Clydebank.
Plan of a 3-masted iron sailing ship built by D & W Henderson of Partick.
Board from a cordite pressing house, Nobel’s Explosives.
Plan by William Arrol & Co for the John Brown shipyard.
ools from Lang Lathes. Lang’s of Johnstone were founded in 1873, and lasted until 1979.
A beautiful drawing of a water turbine for Paton’s Mill, Johnstone.
Small model steam engine, maker unknown.
Hard hat from Yarrow Shipbuilders, now part of BAE Systems.
Plates from Drysdale pumps. Founded in 1874, Drysdale & Co made pumps and other engines.
Plan by William Arrol & Co for the John Brown shipyard.
Everett Edgecombe Voltmeter/Ammeter
Medal struck by Nobel’s Industries to commemorate the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.
Medal struck by Nobel’s Industries to commemorate the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.
Dummy detonators and connectors from Nobel’s Explosives.
Acetylene lamp, probably from a shipyard.
Emergency breathing apparatus from a coal mine.
German model coal and hydro power stations. Some assembly needed.
A large and very, very heavy plate from a crane made by Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd.
Glass lantern slides from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Steam engine blueprint, Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay of Paisley, for Paton’s of Johnstone.
High speed explosion photos from Nobel’s Explosives, taken with a rotating mirror camera.
