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Two Nikola Tesla Monuments at Niagara Falls Since his childhood, Tesla himself had dreamed of harnessing the power of the great natural wonder - Niagara River. And in late 1893, his dream became a reality, when Westinghouse was awarded the contract to create the powerhouse. When the switch was thrown, the first power reached Buffalo at midnight, November 16, 1896. The Niagara Falls Gazette reported that day, "The turning of a switch in the big powerhouse at Niagara completed a circuit which caused the Niagara River to flow uphill." The first one thousand horsepower of electricity surging to Buffalo was claimed by the street railway company, but already the local power company had orders from residents for five thousand more. Within a few years the number of generators at Niagara Falls reached the planned ten, and power lines were electrifying New York City. Broadway was ablaze with lights; the elevated, street railways, and subway system rumbled; and even the Edison systems converted to alternating current. There are two Nikola Tesla monuments at Niagara Falls: Monument at American side of Niagara Falls:   Monument at Canadian side of Niagara Falls:    Niagara Falls Map with marked Nikola Tesla Monuments:  |
