involved in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, preparing a report on the merits of stationary and locomotive engines along with other notable engineers of the day. He was also for a long period consulting engineer to the Board of Admiralty. Memorial A memorial to Walker was commissioned by the Institution of Civil Engineers to stand at Greenland Dock and was unveiled in 1990. References Obituaries Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 12, Royal Society (Great Britain), 1863, "Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased", p. lxiv–lxvi, google books link Scottish civil engineers 19th-century British engineers Lighthouse builders People from Falkirk 1781 births 1862 deaths Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers Presidents of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Glasgow Burials at St John's, Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge