Sandon BC - A Ghost City, Nikola Tesla Generator of 126 Years!! The Legacy Of Electric Power

A Ghost town with an interesting past, Sandon is a silver mining town in the mountains. It was a big city back in the day and the center of the slocan region. Multiple railways, silver mining, gambling and power generation where all apart of Sandon.
Running continuously since 1897, the Nikola Tesla Generator is almost never shut down. It provides power to Sandon and surrounding areas and requires minimal maintenance of the bearings.
Sandon is a special place where two rivals ideas were combined. The 1897 still functioning Nikola Telsa AC generator and Thomas Edison DC battery packs with a charging station. We take a look at the modern history of electricity and understanding the power generation facility that made Sandon legendary in the Kootenay region.
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[@billpetersen298]

Some things never change.

[@andyfeimsternfei8408]

Really cool! So glad to see the power plant preserved and still used. Cudos to everyone envolved!
Its a little bit of a stretch to call it a "Tesla" generator. Tesla was an eccentric nut job that was not involved in building much of anything. George Westinghouse was the genius who recognized the advantages of AC and capitalized on it. Even by the mid 1890s GE had kicked out the other nut job, Thomas Edison and quickly hired stellar engineers like CP Steinmetz and EW Rice to move from DC to AC. The true geniuses of early electrical engineers have been forgotten, overshadowed by far lesser showmen like Tesla and Edison.

[@ehbee4707]

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