Emerson, Walker and Co
of Dunston, County Durham
Engineers and forge masters
1870 Company founded.
1870 Patent. '2916. And Edmund Walker, of the firm of Emerson Walker and Company, of London-street, in the city of London, Ships' Windlass Manufacturers, and William Clarke, of Gateshead-on-Tyne, in the county of Durham, Engineer, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of "improvements in windlasses."'[1]
1874 Patent. '4149. And William Clarke, of Gateshead-on-Tyne, in the county of Durham, and Edmund Walker, of the firm of Emerson Walker and Company, of London-street, Mark-lane, in the city of London, Ships' Windlass Manufacturers, have given the like notice in respect of the invention of "improvements in ships windlasses, and in appliances connected therewith, parts of which are applicable to other machines,"'[2]
1878 Patent. '877. To Edmund Walker, of the firm Emerson, Walker, and Company, of Leadenhall-street, in the city of London, Ships' Windlass and Capstan Manufacturers, for the invention of "improvements in apparatus connected with the raising, lowering, controlling, and stopping chain cables in-board ships or vessels."'[3]
1884 See the private company formed as Emerson Walker and Thompson Brothers Ltd, presumably by joining with Thompson Brothers, also of Dunston.