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