What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Henry Berry 1719-1812 Surveyor and builder of the Sankey (St. Helens) Canal - the first canal of the Industrial Age in England Recorded plaque organisation: Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, World of Glass.
Henry Berry (1719-1812) was a surveyor and engineer who constructed the Sankey Canal, marking the inception of canal construction for industrial transport in England during the Industrial Revolution.
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