Nikola Tesla
‘Tesla statue, Niagara Falls’
Gallivanting in my home city and further afield. Words by me, photos (mainly) by him. The good ones anyway!
Nikola Tesla
Gallivanting in my home city and further afield. Words by me, photos (mainly) by him. The good ones anyway!
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
I wouldn’t have been! But John would probably have been round at his house giving him a hand.
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Tesla also has ties to Colorado. He, George Westinghouse, and a Telluride man L.L. Nunn built the first commercial grade AC plant bringing dependable electricity to that Colorado mining town. Tesla moved to Colorado Springs and built a lab where he “produced artificial lightning, with discharges consisting of millions of volts and up to 135 feet long.[120] Thunder from the released energy was heard 15 miles away in Cripple Creek, Colorado. People walking along the street observed sparks jumping between their feet and the ground. Sparks sprang from water line taps when touched. Light bulbs within 100 feet of the lab glowed even when turned off. Horses in a livery stable bolted from their stalls after receiving shocks through their metal shoes. Butterflies were electrified, swirling in circles with blue halos of St. Elmo’s fire around their wings.” — Wikipedia. I’m not sure how happy I’d have been to be his neighbor.
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