A sales sample from the Pennycook Patent Glazing & Engineering Company. 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.
A book of drawings of CO2 circulators from various early British nuclear power stations, made by James Howden & Co of Scotland Street, Glasgow.
An enamel badge from the Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary police dog section at the Dounreay nuclear power research facility in Caithness.
A core sample of rock from the Cononish gold mine near Tyndrum in the Highlands.
A plastic hard hat from Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., found on the Clyde foreshore.
A sample of a composite cable, made of steel and synthetic strands – origin unknown but perhaps intended for mining hoists.
A ship’s engine indicator dial, made by Mechans Ltd of Scotstoun, Glasgow. Enamelled steel.
A pair of nozzle guide vanes from the Rolls-Royce Olympus engine from a Concorde supersonic aircraft. Made out of waspaloy, a high temperature nickel alloy.
A plan of one of the big production buildings at IBM Greenock, Spango Valley.
A copper printing plate from William Paton’s spinning mill in Johnstone, showing an aerial view of the mill buildings. Shown below as it is, and how it would have looked when printed.
A hand-coloured copy of Thomas Sulman’s 1864 panorama of Glasgow, mapped in incredible detail from a hot air balloon. Originally published in The Illustrated London News.
