Mad Electricity (2008)

Modern Marvels, by History Channel

An interior view of the Colorado Springs Experimental Station (1899)Said to be a double exposure - Tesla was not actually sitting there at the time. The primary winding was a heavy, two turn, multi-strand cable 50 feet in diameter.
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Mad Electricity



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Like many visionaries, Nikola Tesla had bizarre notions of the world, but there's no arguing with his stunning achievements.



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Nikola Tesla's bizarre vision of the future brought him failure, but his genius electrified the world. Travel to Niagara Falls where, in 1893, Tesla installed his new system of Alternating Electrical Current, known as "AC", the same power we use today. Tour the forgotten ruins of Tesla's dream experiment: a huge tower on Long Island Sound he hoped would wirelessly power the world.



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