John Kirkaldy and Sons
of 166 Wapping (1862)
of 40 West India Dock Road (1871)
1809 Business established[1], presumably by John Kirkaldy, plumber and painter, the father of John Given Kirkaldy.
1848 John Kirkaldy, of Wapping was involved in a dispute concerning the settlement reached over the bankruptcy of James Richard Baskett, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Corn Merchant, Dealer and Chapman[2]
1862 Exhibited a ship's fire engine.
1870 Death of his son Thomas
1871 John G Kirkaldy 56, plumber, lived in Stoke Newington with Isabella Kirkaldy 39, John Kirkaldy 17, ship's engineer, Margaret Kirkaldy 12, James Kirkaldy 10, Robert Kirkaldy 5, Adam W Kirkaldy 3, Patrick Kirkaldy 2 Weeks[3]
1871 John, Junior became foreman to his father
1873 John, Junior became manager to his father
1875 John Junior had a particular interest in Distilling Apparatus which was featured in The Engineer 1875/10/22.[4]
1880 John, Junior became a partner in his father's firm - John Kirkaldy and Sons
1883 Distillation apparatus for transports in Egypt Campaign
1883 Exhibited anti-fouling composition for ships - see John Kirkaldy and Son
1884 Introduced marine feed water heaters
1885 Distillation equipment supplied for 3 large water-producing and storage steamers for the Egypt Campaign
1886 Dissolution of the partnership between John Kirkaldy, Thomas Kirkaldy, and James Kirkaldy, at West India Dock-road, Limehouse, and the Engine Works, Royal Albert Dock, and elsewhere, as Marine Engineers, Manufacturers of Fresh Water Distilling Plant, Feed Water Heaters, and Condensers, also as Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Ship Repairers, Coppersmiths, Tin and Iron Plate Workers, Blacksmiths, and Wholesale and Export Ironmongers, under the style of John Kirkaldy.[5]
1887 John Given Kirkaldy died; the business was continued by his son, John, Junior and was incorporated as John Kirkaldy Ltd.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Civil engineer records