S.S. Loch Lomond Blueprint
A very small blueprint of the S.S. Loch Lomond, built by D & W Henderson in 1934.
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Morris Maker’s Mark
A maker’s mark from the Morris Furniture Co., Ltd. of Glasgow.
33kV Armoured Cable Section
A section of 33kV armoured electricity cable, for undesea power transmission, made by W T Glover & Co., Ltd.
Model Vertical Steam Engine
A small model vertical steam engine, maker unknown.
Vulcan Works Steam Engine Blueprint
A blueprint of a steam engine built by Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay’s Vulcan Works of Paisley, for William Paton’s thread mill in Johnstone. Undated but probably 1920s.
Nitroglycerine Sample Box
A padded box for carrying nitroglycerine samples, from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
MSA Respirators
A pair of respirators made by the Mine Safety Appliances Co., Ltd. of Glasgow – one for dust, one for vapours.
Ore Plant Railway Poster
A British Railways poster celebrating a new iron ore discharging plant at the General Terminus Quay on the south bank of the Clyde in Glasgow, dating from the 1950s.
Ballistic Mortar Blueprint
A blueprint of a ballistic pendulum or mortar, built in the testing labs at Nobel’s Explosives, Ayrshire.
Fairfield War Service Badge
An enamel badge used by shipyard workers at Fairfields shipyard in Govan to show that they were on important war service.
Clyde Model Dockyard Sailboat
A toy sailboat from the famous Clyde Model Dockyard toy store in the Argyll Arcade in Glasgow.