Obituary

HENRY J. CROWLEY, Fellow in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, died at his home, 4339 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Monday, October 27th, after a long illness. He was born at Unionville, Conn., and upon graduation from High School, served an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering with the Pratt & Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn. His first work thereafter was in the shops of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, at Hartford. In 1882 the Schuyler Electric Light Company organized, locating at Hartford, and Mr. Crowley joined them, passing through their various departments and while with them, assisting in many important installations made both in New England and in Pennsylvania west of Pittsburgh. So rapid was his progress that in 1889, one year atter entering their employ, he was made chief of the company´s experts, taking charge of their Students´ Course at Lynn, Mass. In 1890 he was given the managership of the company´s southern offices a t Atlanta, Ga., where he remained until 1893, having charge of railway installations in Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, Savannah, Birmingham, Mobile, Chattanooga and Memphis. From 1893 to 1899 he was engineer and manager for the General Electric Company, in charge of their Railway Department for the Eastern District including Southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina, whiia there accomplishing many important installations in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Washington and Richmond. When the American Railways Company, (now the American Electric Power Company) organized in 1899, Mr. Crowley became their general manager, which position he occupied until the time of his death. During the Spanish-American War, he organized a volunteer electrical corps and had charge of the placing of submarine mines, searchlights, and telephone and telegraph systems at Fort Delaware opposite New Castle. Mr. Crowley was also Fellow in The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and membe- of the Art Club and Electric Club of Philadelphia.