L Sterne Maker’s Plate
A cast maker’s plate from L Sterne & Co. Ltd., refrigeration manufacturers who had their works only a 10-minute walk from the Kinetics museum.
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Steel Cable Section
A section of a steel cable, showing how different shapes of wire interlock to make up the complete cable.
St Mark’s Shettleston School Drawing
A drawing of a proposed new pre-War school.
Clyde Soot Blowers Sign
A cast brass sign with operating instructions from Clyde Blowers of Clydebank.
Rolls-Royce Souvenir Medal
A souvenir medal from an open day at the Rolls-Royce jet engine factory in East Kilbride in 1975. An exploration of the factory much later: catchingphotons.co.uk/blog/industrial/rolls-royce/
Miner’s Cap Lamp
A little brass miner’s cap lamp, an oil lamp with wick that would be attached to the miner’s cap. Pre-1920s.
Nobel’s Plastic Test Plate
A plastic explosive test plate from Nobel’s Explosives in Ayrshire.
Dunkeld Bridge Medal
A medal commemorating the opening of a new bridge in Dunkeld in 1808. The bridge, built by Thomas Telford, is still in use.
Model Tait Tower
A Bakelite model of the Tait Tower or Tower of Empire, built in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park for the 1938 Empire Exhibition.
Rolls-Royce Swash Plate Pump
An axial-flow (also known as a swash plate) pump from a Rolls-Royce jet engine.
Meadowside Shipyard Plan
A pencil plan of a proposed cargo ship, from the Meadowside shipyard in Glasgow. Date unknown, but pre-1930s.