To: TideGlider who wrote (759052 ) 12/22/2013 10:54:10 AM From: D.Austin 1 RecommendationRecommended By
Respond to Yes. . . . The history I recall, George Westinghouse backed Tesla with his alternating current. There was bidding process to supply the power plants to Niagara Falls project. . .1884 June 6, Tesla arrives in America excited to work for the famous Thomas Edison and show him his design of Alternating Current, confident it will be well received, as well as his vast ability of understanding the existing Direct Current system. As he walks through the streets of New York, he is noticed by passer byers for his demeanor and height, as he notices the crooked hanging wires above him that sporadically shoots out sparks and as a horse and buggy ride by, a wire from the ground sparks, scaring the horse and startling Tesla as he looks up to see a sign that reads “Edison Electric Company”.1888 , One of the most important meetings Tesla took was with the adventurous industrialist, George Westinghouse, who invented the railroad airbrakes, all produced at his plant in Pittsburg with over two-hundred and fifty employees and plant workers and engineers. He heard about Tesla’s AC system that he demonstrated at the IEEE and knew this was a genius who would change the world forever. He arrived in his personal trolley. A very gregarious man who would never take no for an answer, came prepared to make a deal with Tesla and nothing would stop him. Westinghouse knew if he partnered with Tesla, he would finally crush the infamous Thomas Edison with his unreliable DC system. teslacommunity.com
