What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: James Newlands Born 28 July 1813 Edinburgh Died 15 July Liverpool. Lived here 1851-61. Liverpool and the country's first borough engineer 3 February 1847
James Newlands was a pioneering civil engineer who served as Liverpool’s, and the country's, first borough engineer from 1847; he significantly contributed to urban infrastructure development in Victorian Britain.
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