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    Thomas Steers

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    Bob Edwards
    , 02-11-2014 at 07:37 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    Thomas Steers (1672-1750). He is thought to have been born in 1672 in Kent and died in 1750. He was England's first major civil engineer and built many canals, the world's first commercial wet dock, the Old Dock at Liverpool, and a theatre. He designed Salthouse Dock in Liverpool, which was completed by Henry Berry after Steers' death.
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