Nobel Detonator Tool
An explosives multi-tool from Nobel’s Explosives, with tools for cutting wire, crimping detonators, and poking a hole in the dynamite for the detonator.
Helicopter Rotor Blade Section
A section of a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter rotor blade, with a fibreglass honeycomb core and aluminium skin.
Singer Clock Ashtray
An ashtray made from the large aluminium hands of the Singer sewing machine factory clock in Clydebank, with an accompanying newspaper clipping.
Caledonian Railway Company Sack
A much-repaired hessian sack marked Caledonian Railway Company Glasgow 1895.
1951 Exhibition Of Industrial Power Catalogue
A catalogue of the 1951 Exhibition Of Industrial Power, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow as part of the Festival Of Britain. Contains many advertisements.
Coats Sewing Cotton Advertising Poster
A large hand-painted advertising poster for J & P Coats Ltd of Paisley, showing their Anchor Mills complex.
Meadowside Pay Token
A pay token from the Meadowside shipyard of D & W Henderson & Co. Ltd., which was in business from 1872 until 1936.
Lochaber Aluminium Ingot
An ingot of aluminium from the first pour at the Lochaber aluminium smelter in December 1929.
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.