Background
Foster, Horatio Alvah was born on January 12, 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward Vose and Martha Allis (Smith) Foster.
Foster, Horatio Alvah was born on January 12, 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward Vose and Martha Allis (Smith) Foster.
Educated Northampton (Massachusetts) High School.
Installed first commercially operated electric railway in the United States, in Baltimore, 1885. Engineer for Thomson-Houston Electric Company, 1886-1891, and of Central Station, New York, for same company, 1890-1891. Electrical expert for United States Census Office, 1891-1892.
Editor “Electrical Industries,” Chicago, during World’s Fair.
1st assistant to Professor George Forbes, of London. Electrical consulting engineer, Niagara Falls Power Company, 1895-1900.
Federal receiver Consumers Brewing Company, Philadelphia, 1901-1906. With L. B. Stillwell, engineers, 1906-1908.
With Bion J. Arnold, Chicago, 1908-1911.
J. G. White & Company, New York, since 1912.
Fellow American Institute Electrical Engineers, 1912.
Married Florence Louise Root, December 22, 1893.