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