are you at Knob Hill? ...famous as the location of Nikola Tesla's laboratory
At this location, in 1899, Tesla, several of his assistants, and a local contractor commenced the construction of Tesla's laboratory shortly after arriving in Colorado Springs. The lab's primary purpose was to conduct experiments with high frequency electricity and other phenomena. Its secondary purpose was for research into wireless transmission of electrical power. The lab possessed the largest Tesla Coil ever built, fifty-two feet (16 m) in diameter, which was a preliminary version of the Magnifying Transmitter. This coil reproduced the effects of lightning and its accompanying thunder for the first time in history. On January 7, 1900, Tesla's lab here was torn down, broken up, and its contents sold to pay debts when Tesla left Colorado Springs.
ps: we should hook up when you come here to see the rowing...it'll be on the Schuykill River about 10 min. from my abode. Have you ever been to the Eulogy Belgian Tavern? ...or plenty of other nice places. We also have a few good steak houses if your highly carnivorous...I'll buy yous a good steak
