Alfred Wolcott Gibbs (October 27, 1856 – May 19, 1922) was a mechanical engineer in the railroad industry who attained the position of chief mechanical engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was instrumental in the design of a number of important PRR locomotive classes, including the E6 4-4-2 "Atlantic" type, the K4s 4-6-2 "Pacific" type, and the L1s 2-8-2 "Mikado" type.
Biography
He was born in Fort Fillmore in what is now New Mexico, and died of a heart attack at his home in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Alfred Gibbs was educated first at Rutgers College (1873–1874) and then at the Stevens Institute of Technology (1874–1878), graduating in mechanical engineering. He joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1879 as an apprentice.
Gibbs was appointed General Superintendent of Motive Power of Lines East in 1903, replacing William W. Atterbury.
He was a hereditary member of the Aztec Club of 1847, representing his father General Alfred Gibbs.
References
- ^ Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society (March 2005). "PRR Chronology: 1856 (March 2005 edition)" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society (June 2004). "PRR Chronology: 1922 (June 2004 edition)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-11-03. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- Jesse C. Sell (1911). "Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens". Archived from the original on September 11, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- Hearings before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives on H. R. 19795: To Promote the Safety of Employees upon Railroads: Ash Pan Bill. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1908. p. 47.
- Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society (March 2005). "PRR Chronology: 1903 (Mar 2005 edition)" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-01-05.
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