Alfred Wolcott Gibbs Explained

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.[1] [2] 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.[3] He joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1879 as an apprentice.[4]

Gibbs was appointed General Superintendent of Motive Power of Lines East in 1903, replacing William W. Atterbury.[5]

He was a hereditary member of the Aztec Club of 1847, representing his father General Alfred Gibbs.

References

  1. Web site: PRR Chronology: 1856 (March 2005 edition) . Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society . March 2005 . 2008-01-05.
  2. Web site: PRR Chronology: 1922 (June 2004 edition) . https://web.archive.org/web/20041103161837/http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1922%20June%2004.wd.pdf . dead . 2004-11-03 . Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society . June 2004 . 2008-01-05 .
  3. Web site: Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens . Jesse C. Sell . 1911 . 2008-01-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060911224919/http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/blair/bios/sell/fir-gle.txt . September 11, 2006 .
  4. Book: 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 . Government Printing Office . Washington, DC . 1908 . 47.
  5. Web site: PRR Chronology: 1903 (Mar 2005 edition) . Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society . March 2005 . 2008-01-05.

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