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 born in Fort Fillmore in what is now New Mexico,[1] and died of a heart attack at his home in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
[2] Alfred Gibbs was educated first at Rutgers College (1873–1874) and then at the Stevens Institute of Technology (1874–1878), graduating in mechanical engineering.
[4] Gibbs was appointed General Superintendent of Motive Power of Lines East in 1903, replacing William W.
[5] He was a hereditary member of the Aztec Club of 1847, representing his father General Alfred Gibbs.