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Henry Berry

Henry Berry

British dock engineer

For other people named Henry Berry, see Henry Berry (disambiguation).

Henry Berry, (1719 in England – 1812) was Liverpool's second dock engineer succeeding Thomas Steers and being succeeded by Thomas Morris. Berry Street in Liverpool may be named after Berry who lived in a house at the junction with Duke Street, where the White Horse pub stands.[1]

He built Salthouse Dock, George's Dock and King's Docks in Liverpool. He designed Queen's Dock for the Hull Dock Company which opened Tuesday 22 September 1778.[2] In 1769 he checked Peter P Burdett's survey for the route of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.[3] He also designed the Sankey Canal.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Liverpool Street Names". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  2. [2]
    Hull Dock Company
  3. [3]
    Waterways Engineers and Surveyors Henry Berry 1720 – 1812
  4. [4]
    Sankey Navigation (The first canal) Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
Preceded by Engineer to Mersey Docks and Harbour Board
1750-1788		 Succeeded by



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