a new harbour at Granton. The choice resulted in the building of Granton Harbour. He was also chief engineer within Trinity House, hence his considerable involvement with coastal engineering and lighthouses. He was conferred with Honorary Membership of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1857. He died at 23 Great George Street in Westminster, London on 8 October 1862. He is buried beneath a humble gravestone in St Johns churchyard in Edinburgh against a retaining wall on one of the southern terraces. Projects and other work Walker worked on various engineering projects, including: Greenland Dock, London (c. 1808 – c. 1862) Vauxhall Bridge, London (1816, since demolished) Poplar Workhouse, London (c. 1815 - c. 1817), designer West Usk Lighthouse, near Newport, South Wales Survey for the Leeds and Selby Railway (1829) Brunswick Wharf Warehouse, Blackwall, London (1832–34) designer, for the East India Dock Company and built by contractor Messrs. Horne & Gates of Poplar Survey for the Leipzig–Dresden Railway (1835) Hull and Selby Railway (survey and consulting engineer, 1834, 1836–40). Start Point lighthouse, Devon (1836) Maplin Sands Lighthouse (1838) Advice on alignment of Hereford and Gloucester Canal (1838) Victoria Viaduct (or Bridge) on the Durham Junction Railway (1838) Improvements to Aberdeen Harbour (1838) South Bishop Lighthouse (1839) Wolf Rock beacon and lighthouse (1840–1862) Coquet Lighthouse (1841) Plans for River Thames embankments, later known as 'Walker's lines,' upon which the present Thames and Victoria Embankments are largely based (c. 1842) South Foreland Lighthouse rebuilt with a taller tower (1841-1842) Trevose Head Lighthouse (1844–1847) River Severn and South Wales Railway (1845), a report that blocked Brunel's plans for railway bridges across the River Severn. Gunfleet Lighthouse, off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex (1850) Design of the East Bute Dock, Cardiff (1855) Whitby Lighthouse - the twin lights of Whitby North and Whitby South lighthouses, near Ling Hill, High Whitby (1857–58) Bishop Rock lighthouse (1858) Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight (1859) Completion of the Caledonian Canal (1838–1848) Alderney breakwater, Channel Islands (1847) and harbour (1862) St Catherine's Harbour, Jersey, Channel Islands (1847–1856) Improvements to navigation in the River Tyne (1853–1861) Houses of Parliament, consulting engineer for the Clock Tower (also known as Big Ben) as well as the Victoria Tower and Central Tower (1836–1859), cofferdam for the riverside foundations and terrace (1837–49) Walker was also involved in designing a dock harbour in Hamburg (1845, with William Lindley and Heinrich Hübbe). He was also