Albert Arthur Blackburn

Albert Arthur Blackburn (1868-1943)

1922 M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., Gen. Man. and Engr., Huddersfield Corporation Tramways, John William Street, Huddersfield.

1943 Died. 'The death took place Dewsbury of week of Mr Albert Arthur Blackburn the former general manager the Huddersfield Corporation Tramways Department now the Huddersfield Passenger Transport Department. He was seventy-six years age. Mr Blackburn was manager of the Corporation Tramways from 1918 until his retirement in 1933. A native Dewsbury, he for fifteen years Chief Engineer the Belfast City Tramways before coming to Huddersfield had also held the positions Rolling Stock Superintendent the Manchester Corporation Tramways Dept and Chief Engineer for the Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd, Manchester. He began his career as electrical engineer in Leeds. For eighteen months after his retirement he continued to live in Huddersfield afterwards going to Dewsbury where had lived ever since. He had been ill the past months. Mr Blackburn was very popular among the staff and employees of the Huddersfield municipal passenger transport system. He was past-president the Belfast Association of Engineers, member the Institute Electrical, a member of the Institute Transport, and also of the Huddersfield Engineering Society. Mr Blackburn played a big part in development and success of the tramways undertaking during the years following last war - years which proved so difficult for transport generally. During the period he was manager the undertaking extended considerably. One of his first jobs of importance was deal with matters connected with the Corporation Act of 1926 an Act gave the Corporation power to operate motor buses power to run tramways to Brighouse. He also played an important part the development of the motor bus services which started in 1920. In his working lifetime he had seen development of road transport from horse to electricity and electricity to the bus'

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