About Alfred Wolcott Gibbs
Lived 1856 – 1922 (aged 65). Alfred Wolcott Gibbs was an engineer.
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, 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.
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American mechanical engineer
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Alfred Wolcott Gibbs was born on 27 October 1856.
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Alfred Wolcott Gibbs died on 19 May 1922.
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Alfred Wolcott Gibbs was an engineer.
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