Alfred Bruce, 76, Rites Tomorrow
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Title Alfred Bruce, 76, Rites Tomorrow Date 20 Jan 1955 Date Viewed 30 Apr 2025 Page 19 Periodical Brooklyn Eagle Place Brooklyn, Kings, NY USA Source Type Newspaper URL https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-obituary-for-alfred-bruce/171440244/ Source ID S1589 Text Alfred Bruce, 76, Rites Tomorrow
Brookhaven, Jan. 20-Funeral services for Alfred W. Bruce. retired vice president of the American Locomotive Company, 30 Church St., Manhattan, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in St. James Episcopal Church. Burial will be in West Boylston, Mass., his birthplace.
Mr. Bruce, who lived on S. Country Road, died Tuesday Central Suffolk Hospital, Riverhead. He was graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1901, and soon after joined the American Locomotive Company, remaining with the concern until his retirement in 1946.
An authority on steam locomotives, Mr. Bruce was the author of "The Steam Locomotive in America," published in 1952. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the Masonic order.
His wife, Mrs. Edna Valentine Bruce, and a stepson, Coles Trapnell, survive.Linked to
Individuals: 1BRUCE, Alfred William
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