Henry Berry

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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 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

↑ Liverpool Street Names
↑ Hull Dock Company
↑ Waterways Engineers and Surveyors Henry Berry 1720 – 1812
↑ Sankey Navigation (The first canal)

External links

Henry Berry, dock engineer (1719-1812)
Early History of Liverpool pilot service

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

Persondata
Name	Berry, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	British dock engineer
Date of birth	1719
Place of birth
Date of death	1812
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.