Henry Booth

[MissInformed]

Henry Booth (1789-1869)
was born at 34 Rodney Street. He was a corn merchant and a founder and director of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company.
A statue of him stands in the North Hall of St George's Hall holding the railway coupling which he invented.

[SteH]

He was buried in the ancient chapel of Toxteth on 1st April 1869, which was fittingly the day that the Liverpool-Crewe rail line opened.

[MissInformed]

ooohhh....i will have to see if I took a pic when I went there...