1896: Tesla Tours Niagara Powerhouse

One of the original Westinghouse-Tesla generators from Niagara Falls.

Edward Dean Adams, a primary investor for the Niagara Falls project.

July 19th, 1896: Tesla Tours Niagara Powerhouse

Tesla, along with George Westinghouse, Edward Dean Adams and others tour Niagara Falls and the new Adams Power Station.

The Niagara Falls Power Company with Buffalo transmission lines.

November 16th, 1896: Niagara Powers Buffalo

The new A.C. power system enjoyed a flawless inauguration, transmitting electricity to Buffalo, New York 22 miles away.

Workers pose near a Westinghouse-Tesla generator in the Edward Dean Adams power station.

It came first to the Buffalo Railway Company - 1,000 horsepower, switched into the company's powerhouses at exactly midnight with a signaling of the event to the city by the firing of cannons, the blowing of steam whistles and the ringing of bells.

The Adams Power Plant Transformer House.

December 17th, 1896: Honorary Membership, Zagreb

Tesla was elected honorary member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb.

A Westinghouse-Tesla Niagara generator under construction in Pittsburg.

G.E. air-blast transformers built for the Buffalo transmission lines.

Interior view of the Edward Dean Adams power station at Niagara Falls. — One of the original Westinghouse-Tesla generators from Niagara Falls.

: 06 March 2017