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