Henry Berry (engineer)

{{short description|British dock engineer}}

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Henry Berry, (1719 in England – 1812) was Liverpool's second dock engineer succeeding Thomas Steers and later 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/streetnames.htm |title=Liverpool Street Names |access-date=5 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517143616/http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/streetnames.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/06/20/coast05walks_stage1.shtml Hull Dock Company] In 1769 he checked Peter P Burdett's survey for the route of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.[http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/people.php?wpage=PE78 Waterways Engineers and Surveyors Henry Berry 1720 – 1812] He also designed the Sankey Canal.[http://www.n-le-w.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=27 Sankey Navigation (The first canal)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008183908/http://www.n-le-w.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=27 |date=2006-10-08 }}