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Albert Cameron Hunt (3 April 1857 – 2 October 1915) was an American electrician who invented the wigwag, a grade crossing signal used in transportation. Hunt was a mechanical engineer from Southern California. He invented the wigwag in the early 1900s out of the necessity for a safer railroad grade crossing. Hunt was associated with the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar railroad.

Hunt was born in Freeport, Illinois, the son of Alexander Cameron Hunt, governor of the Territory of Colorado from 1867–69, and Ellen Kellogg. He died of neurosyphilis in 1915.

References

1. DelVecchio, Rick (January 26, 2002). "Wigwag War / Point Richmond residents fight to save artifacts from the low-tech era". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
2. Florence, S.R. (July 10, 1929). "Conceived and Developed Wig-Wags" (PDF). Pacific Electric Magazine. Vol. 14, no. 2. p. 6. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
3. "Deaths". Los Angeles Evening Express. 4 October 1915. p. 14. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
4. California, U.S., Death Index, 1905–1939

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