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