North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Tesla Coil
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 9, 2023
1. Tesla Coil Marker
In 1891, fellow New Yorker, Nikola Tesla became an American citizen and in that same year obtained 10 US Patents one of which was for his Tesla Oscillator," better known as the "Tesla Coil."
One of Tesla's most significant inventions, the Tesla Coil was a high frequency AC transformer capable of creating high voltage at low current. Tesla utilized this invention as a component of the first generation of transmitters to carry wireless technology.
In 1943, the United States Supreme Court decreed that the 1891 patent of Nikola Tesla's Oscillator (Coil) per-dated G. Marconi's work and thus validated Tesla as the 'FATHER of RADIO' thereby contradicting the 1909 Nobel Prize Committee which had presented Guglielmo Marconi the award for his wireless work.
The iconic Tesla Coll high frequency oscillator was used in a variety of electrical experiments such as wireless phosphorescence, wireless lighting, X-radiation, high frequency AC phenomena, and the wireless transmission of electrical energy. Ultimately, the physics of the Tesla Coil was employed in all radio and television receivers.
This symbolic and artistic rendering of the
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Erected 2021.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.
Location. 43° 3.333′ N, 78° 54.04′ W. Marker is in North Tonawanda, New York, in Niagara County. It is at the intersection of Witmer Road and River Road (County Route 265), on the right when traveling east on Witmer Road. Located in Gratwick Riverside Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: North Tonawanda NY 14120, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 9, 2023
2. Tesla Coil Art Sculpture
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Nikola Tesla Legacy Corridor (here, next to this marker); Nikola Tesla (here, next to this marker); Gratwick Riverside Park (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lumber City (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Lumber City (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Edgewater Landing (approx. Ό mile away); Shoreline Trail (approx. 0.4 miles away); Gratwick (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Tonawanda.
Also see . . .
1. Nikola Tesla (Wikipedia). (Submitted on April 22, 2023, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. Gratwick Riverside Park. (Submitted on April 22, 2023, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 9, 2023
3. Tesla Coil in the Park
Credits. This page was last revised on April 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 618 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 19, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
