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