The Penstocks

The Penstocks https://app.niagaraparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/THE-PENSTOCKS.mp3 Water regulating system The penstocks were an important part of the full control system that regulated the amount of water that entered the plant. The amount of water that flowed...

Did you know? (Water)

Did you know? https://app.niagaraparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DID-YOU-KNOW.mp3 The falls Niagara Falls is made up of three separate waterfalls: the Horsehoe Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls and the American Falls. They were created about 11,000 years ago when...

How water flowed through the plant

Story of Water https://app.niagaraparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/THE-STORY-OF-WATER.mp3 How water flowed through the plant A low, arm-shaped dam reached out into the Niagara River to direct water towards the plant and into the outer forebay. Once in the outer...

More Tesla Patents

More Tesla Patents Tesla patented over 300 inventions around the world in his lifetime, including 112 in the United States and seven in Canada. His brilliant ideas had no boundaries. Here are more of Tesla’s revolutionary inventions that helped pave the way for modern...

Tesla’s AC Generator

Tesla's AC generator https://app.niagaraparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/TESLAS-AC-GENERATOR.mp3 Tesla’s AC generator produced electricity by electromagnetic induction. To generate electricity in a coil, either the coil should rotate with respect to a magnetic...

Collaboration with George Westinghouse

Tesla's Collaboration with George Westinghouse https://app.niagaraparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COLLABORATION-WITH-WESTINGHOUSE.mp3 In 1888, Tesla delivered his first large public lecture about the benefits that alternating current could bring to the world....