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