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Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

Marine Engines

1886-1887

Rigged model of the PS 'Scotia'

Water Transport

1861

Ship's bell, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'BRIGHTON 1878', ex Paddle Steamer Brighton III, built J. Elder & Co., Govan, 1878.

brighton ship bell

Railway Shipping

1878

Decorative moulding, London & South Western Railway, length of flat decorative wooden moulding stripped from the TSS "Hantonia", built 1911 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan, route Southampton to Le Havre, broken up 1952.

decorative moulding from TSS Hantonia

Railway Shipping

1911

Ship's bell, brass, London & North Western Railway/Southern Railway, inscribed 'Hantonia', from the Twin-Screw Steamship Hantonia, allocated to the Southampton-Le Havre route and reopened the Southanmpton-Channel Islands service after World War II, built by Messrs. Fairfield Shipping & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan, 1911, withdrawn and broken up 1952.

Brass ship's bell, London & North Western Railway and Southern Railway - 'Hantonia'

Railway Shipping

1911

Decorative moulding, London & South Western Railway, length of flat decorative wooden moulding stripped from the TSS "Hantonia", built 1911 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan, route Southampton to Le Havre, broken up 1952.

decorative moulding from TSS Hantonia

Railway Shipping

1911

A photograph entitled 'Unemployed Men, Govan, Glasgow', taken by James Jarche for the Daily Herald in 1930.

Unemployed men in Govan, Glasgow

Photographs

1930

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Children by the shipyards', showing boys playing football. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Children by the shipyards

Photographs

1970-08

Two plastic plaques for the model of the SY 'Giralda'

Plaques for 'Giralda'

Water Transport

1894

Photograph entitled 'The slums of Govan' taken by an unknown photographer for The People newspaper, September 1956. Gelatin silver print.

The slums of Govan

Photographs

1956/9

Photograph entitled 'The slums of Govan' taken by an unknown photographer for The People newspaper, September 1956. Gelatin silver print.

The slums of Govan

Photographs

1956/9

Ship's worksplate, brass oval, 'The Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Limited, Engines No 482, Govan Glasgow'. Dimensions 18 3/4" x 13".

Brass ship's worksplate

Railway Shipping

Photograph entitled 'The slums of Govan' taken by an unknown photographer for The People newspaper, September 1956. Gelatin silver print.

The Slums of Govan

Photographs

1956/9

Photograph entitled 'The slums of Govan' taken by an unknown photographer for The People newspaper, September 1956. Gelatin silver print.

The slums of Govan

Photographs

1956/9

Photograph entitled 'The slums of Govan' taken by an unknown photographer for The People newspaper, September 1956. Gelatin silver print.

The slums of Govan

Photographs

1956-09

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Children by the shipyards'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Children by the shipyards

Photographs

1970-08

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Children by the shipyards'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Children by the shipyards

Photographs

1970-08

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Children by the shipyards'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Govan, Glasgow, August 1970.

Children by the shipyards

Photographs

1970-08

Whole rigged model of the twin-screw triple-masted schooner yacht the S.Y. 'Giralda' (1894), probably by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Govan, Scotland, c.1894. With eight life boats and eleven benches

Model of the Steam Yacht 'Giralda'

Water Transport

1894