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