Henry Berry

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]

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

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


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