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