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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: April 9, 2011
Caption: Steinmetz at Camp Mohawk
Additional Description: At Schenectady Steinmetz built a campsite, shown here, on the Mohawk River. During the summer he would work in his canoe, paddling up and down the river. Boards would be placed from gunwale to gunwale to serve as a desk, and he would kneel on a cushion in the canoe doing mathematical calculations. He enjoyed inviting guests to the camp on weekends and usually entertained from six to eight people, especially enjoying the company of children. As host he enjoyed doing the cooking, but refused to do dishes, which became the guests’ chore. In fact he would take out all of the dishes from the past several days for the guests to wash. When the camp was hit by lightening, Steinmetz invented a way to produce lightening so that he could study it. When he died in 1923 the camp was purchased by Henry Ford who had it moved to Dearborn Institute in Michigan. This photo is in the collection of the Edison Tech Center in Schenectady.
Submitted: December 2, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p183239
File Size: 0.364 Megabytes

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