J. and T. Dale
James and Thomas Landale, Engineers, Townsend Foundry, Kirkcaldy.
See also Landale and Dale.
1865 70 HP horizontal engine for Normand & Son's new spinning mill at Dysart.[1]
1868 Advertising as Jas. & Thos. Dale (late Landale & Dale) [2]
1869 Deep Mine Bucket. [3]
1869 'CULPABLE HOMICIDE. James Landale, engineer, Kirkcaldy, was charged with culpable homicide, as also culpable violation or neglect of duty, in so far as on or about the 5th February 1869, the company of James & Thomas Dale, machinery manufacturers, Townsend Foundry, Kirkcaldy, or Thomas Dale, one of the partners company, or you, the said James Landale, on behalf of said company, having contracted or agreed with the firm of Michael Nairn & Company, floorcloth manufacturers in Kirkcaldy, to erect an iron roof on a warehouse which Michael Nairn & Company were in course of constructing in Pathhead, parish of Dysart, and shire of Fife; and you, the said James Landale, having, during the whole period between the 12th June and 24th June 1869, been in the employment of James & Thomas Dale as general-superintendent of engineering work, or in some similar capacity, and it having been your duty to superintend, and give the necessary instructions for the erection of said roof ; and that, on the 24th June aforesaid, in the warehouse then in course of construction situated in Pathhead the fastening of six iron couples gave way and fell on Andrew Terrace, a fitter, now deceased ; William Penman, fitter ; John Robertson, labourer ; and Andrew Henderson, engine fitter, who were then employed in the erection of the said iron roof and were thrown to the ground owing to the fall of the said six iron couples, which was caused by the insufficient erection, support, and fixing of the said couples and by and through your culpable and reckless violation or neglect of duty, the said Andrew Terrace received injuries of which he immediately or shortly thereafter died, and was thus bereaved of life; and the said William Penman, John Robertson, and Andrew Henderson were all seriously injured in their persons by and through the culpable violation or neglect of duty of you, the said James Landale, as above libelled. ..... ' Witness statements were followed by the Advocate-Depute withdrawing the charge, and a verdict of not guilty was returned. [4]
1878 Description and illustration of compund beam pumping engines for Richmond Water Works, Surrey.[5]. HP cylinder 19.5" bore, 37.5" stroke, LP 29" bore, 54" stroke, Wrought iron plate beams. Water lifted from a well 140 ft deep, and pumped to the reservoir in Richmond Park, total lift 270 ft. Field boilers supplied to Messrs Dale by Lewis Olrick and Co. Dale had also supplied engines to Deal Waterworks.
1881 Description and drawings of beam pumping engines at the water works
at Richmond, Surrey, made by J & T Dale. Russ and
Minns were the engineers. 'The engines
are compound jet condensing beam engines of the Woolf
type. The high-pressure cylinders are 18 1/2 in. in diameter and with 37 1/2 in. stroke, while the low-pressure
cylinders are 29 in. in diameter, with 54 in. stroke,
The former are fitted with expansion valves which work
upon the backs of the main valves and are regulated by
a handwheel above while the engines are at work, an
index. being provided to show the point of cut-off.
The beams are each constructed of two wrought-iron
plates with cast-iron distance pieces between them, into
which are fitted the gudgeons and pins. The air pumps
are 17 in. in diameter and 28 in. stroke ; the injection
water is drawn from the river near which the engines
are erected . .....
The depth of the well, from which the water supply is
taken, is 140ft. and the total lift 270ft., at which height
the water is delivered into the reservoir in Richmond
Park. The pumps are treble-barrel pumps in duplicate,
the three-throw cranks being supported upon strong
framing at the top of the well, and the spur gearing
being fitted up so that either engine may by a simple
arrangement be made to work either set of pumps. The
pump barrels are 14 in. in diameter and 24 in. stroke,
and are lined with brass. The buckets and valves are
of brass also.
The steam, which is maintained at a pressure of 60 lb.
per square inch, is provided by two 50-horse power
vertical Field boilers 13 ft. high and 6ft. 6 in. in diameter, supplied to Messrs. Dale by the late Mr. Lewis Olrick, and the result of the arrangement as regards
consumption of fuel has been found to be very satisfactory. Although no experimental trial has been made
at these works it has been found that with a similar
compound beam engine of the Woolf type with Cornish
boiler erected by Messrs. Dale of Kirkcaldy under the
superintendence of Mr. Edward Easton, at the water
works, Deal, the consumption of coal is 2.8 lb. per indiicated horse power per hour. Altogether the new
Richmond Water works, which have been now in operation more than three years, have given every satisfaction.'[6]
1886 Machinery and effects of Townsend Foundry, lately in the occupation of J&T Dale, advertised for sale[7]
By 1888 the foundry was occupied by William Kinghorn and Co.