Lochaber Aluminium Ingot
An ingot of aluminium from the first pour at the Lochaber aluminium smelter in December 1929.
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Water Works Button
A uniform button from Glasgow Corporation Water Works, featuring the crest of the City of Glasgow.
Steam Turbine Blades
A section of linked stage-1 steam turbine blades from a large power station.
Muirhead Bone Self Portrait
A pencil sketch self portrait of artist Muirhead Bone, from March 7th 1922. Bone is well-known for his lithographs from industry and the WWI battlefields.
Butters Brothers Crane Plate
A maker’s plate from a Butters Brothers 1-ton crane.
Sentinel Works Pay Token
A pay token from Alley & McLellan’s Sentinel Works. The Sentinel Works building is still standing – just: https://www.derelictglasgow.co.uk/derelict.sentinel.html
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.
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/