Rolls Royce Factory Boxes
Two cute little wooden boxes from the Rolls-Royce aircraft engine factory at Hillington.
1865 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
A section of the 1865 transatlantic telegraph cable, laid by Brunel’s Great Britain steamship – the cable snapped in mid-Atlantic, but the end was recovered and spliced into a new cable in 1866.
‘Reptiles’ by Jim Collins Painting
‘Reptiles’ by Jim Collins is a 1989 painting of the stockyard crane and platers’ shed at Govan shipyard, Glasgow.
Miniature Possil Pottery Jugs
A pair of tiny pitchers made by Possil Pottery less than a mile away from the Museum, before WWII.
Model Dry Stone Walls
A set of three model dry stone walls, made in pottery – perhaps a teaching aid, origin unknown.
Glasgow-Made Model Steam Engine
A little hobbyist-made horizontal steam engine, made in Glasgow in 1908 – it still runs beautifully on compressed air.
Uncle John DSV Model
A very generous donation to the Museum, a model of the Uncle John dive support vessel – built for the North Sea oil industry, it was able to hold position in the roughest seas to lower divers to the sea floor.
Clamshell Grab Model
A working model of a clamshell grab from the 1930s. These would be used for lifting bulk materials from ships, construction or mining.
Arrol War Service Badge
A 1915 war service badge from Sir William Arrol & Co, about the same size as a 5p coin!
Muirhead Bone Fitting Out Basin Lithograph
A 1917 Muirhead Bone lithograph of the fitting-out basin at John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank.
Arrol NEM Crane Model
This large model is of the North Eastern Marine Engineering Company giant cantilever crane in Wallsend – the model is very detailed, made mostly from etched brass sheet, and apparently was in the company offices for a long time.