Benjamin Outram, Thomas Brown, German Wheatcroft, and Bugsworth Canal Basin blue plaque — Report the wrong picture

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This blue commemorative plaque records: Peak Forest Canal Company Benjamin Outram (1764-1805) Consulting Engineer Thomas Brown (1772-1850) Resident Engineer German Wheatcroft (1773-1841) First Wharfinger at Bugsworth Canal Basin Recorded plaque organisation: Inland Waterways Protection Society.

Benjamin Outram was a pioneering civil and mechanical engineer who significantly contributed to the development of canals and railways in Britain; Thomas Brown, his apprentice, became a prominent canal engineer after Outram's death; German Wheatcroft managed the operations at Bugsworth Canal Basin, crucial for the transportation of limestone and lead.

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