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