What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Richard Coates 1763-1822 Resident Engineer for the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation built a coal and timber wharf on this site in 1797.
Richard Coates was a resident engineer instrumental in developing the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, significantly enhancing local trade through improvements to waterways and the establishment of key infrastructure like the coal and timber wharf he built in 1797.
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