The entire North East is still being powered by Tesla’s first power plant.
“The entire North East is still being powered by Tesla’s first power plant.”
That statement contains a bit of truth, an oversimplification and no small amount of exaggeration. All rolled into one.
Yes, as a boy he saw a drawing of Niagara Falls in a book of the natural wonders of the world, and he had the vision of converting that falling water to power with turbine tunnels. And he built it. That area of NY was the first part of the planet to be fully electrified, and it spread out from Tesla’s first plant.