Henry Berry

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Henry Berry, (1719, 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 22nd 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]

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  1. ^ Liverpool Street Names
  2. ^ Hull Dock Company
  3. ^ Waterways Engineers and Surveyors from Lovibond, Henry
  4. ^ Sankey Navigation ( The first canal )

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Preceded by
Thomas Steers		 Engineer to Mersey Docks and Harbour Board
1750-1788		 Succeeded by
Thomas Morris
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