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Nikola Tesla

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1 ► Ontario, Niagara Region, Niagara Falls — Nikola Tesla — Inventor — 1856-1943 —

The St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, Niagara Falls, in partnership with the Niagara Parks Commission, have erected this monument to Nikola Tesla. Physicist, inventor, electrical engineer. Tesla developed the world's first hydroelectric system . . . — — Map (db m115369) HM

2 ► Ontario, Niagara Region, Niagara Falls — Nikola Tesla — July 10, 1856 - January 7, 1943 —

Nikola Tesla was born to a Serbian family in the village of Smiljan, Croatia. He was a brilliant child who when only 12 years old, upon seeing a lithograph of Niagara Falls declared that one day he would put a wheel under it and “power the . . . — — Map (db m115358) HM

3 ► Ontario, Niagara Region, Niagara Falls — Nikola Tesla — About This Monument —

Speaking about this monument, Canadian sculptor Les Drysdale says: “Tesla is as he would have appeared in 1896, age 39, about the time his inventions were being used to create hydroelectric power at Niagara Falls. As the story goes, . . . — — Map (db m115368) HM