Albert Hunt

Albert Hunt was the inventor of the wigwag, a grade crossing signal used in transportation. Hunt was a mechanical engineer from Southern California. He invented the wigwag in 1909 out of the necessity for a safer railroad grade crossing. Hunt was associated with the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar railroad.

This article is about the inventor. For the Oklahoma lawyer and judge, see Albert C. Hunt. For the journalist, see Al Hunt.



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