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Nikola Tesla Monument within Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls (Canadian side) was unveiled on July 9, 2006

Nikola Tesla designed the first hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, New York which started producing electrical power in 1895.  This was the beginning of the electrification of the United States and the rest of the world.  Today, Tesla's AC electricity is lighting and powering the globe.  Nikola Tesla is the genius who lit the world. 

Now, the inventor of alternating current has a permanent tribute overlooking the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls, Canadian side.

As a boy, Tesla saw a picture of Niagara Falls and told his uncle in Lika, Croatia, that he wanted to put a wheel under the falls to harness the power of the moving water.

This great monument of Nikola Tesla at Niagara Falls, Canadian side, is one of greatest recognition of Nikola Tesla's work.  Tesla designed the first hydro-electric power plant at Niagara Falls and with George Westinghouse started the electrification of the world.  This monument is built in one of the most beautiful and most important place in the world.

This great achievement was possible through the wisdom and efforts of:

Tesla Committee, "St. George" Serbian Orthodox Church at Niagara Falls,
Canadian Government,    the Government of the Republic of Serbia,  
Niagara Falls Park Commission,    Ted Salci the Mayor of the City of Niagara Falls,    the Serbian Community in Niagara Falls, Canada,     Sculptor Les Drysdale,    the Canadian Media,    Radio-Television Serbia (who broadcasted this great event live), and many more individuals and organizations who helped make this monument possible.

Click here for video of the Unveiling Ceremony of the Nikola Tesla Monument at Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, Canada

Above: Tesla Monument at Niagara Falls unveiled on July 9, 2006.  Tesla is standing atop an AC motor, one of the 700 inventions he patented.

Above: Tesla Monument at Niagara Falls unveiled on July 9, 2006.  Tesla is standing atop an AC motor, one of the 700 inventions he patented.

Above: Tesla Monument at Niagara Falls unveiled on July 9, 2006.  Tesla is standing atop an AC motor, one of the 700 inventions he patented.  In the background is Niagara Falls, Canadian side.

Above: Satellite picture of the Earth at Night, Click to Enlarge.  Tesla's Alternating Current (AC) electricity is lighting today the globe.

Above: Serbian Newspaper "Vesti" published an article about the unveiling of the Nikola Tesla Monument at Niagara Falls, Canadian side.  Below the "Vesti" logo is the Nikola Tesla stamp, issued in the United States in 1983.   The stamp is depicting his induction motor, which is one of the ten greatest discoveries of all time.

Above: Newspaper article from "The Review" (Niagara Falls, Canada Newspaper).  Photo in the article shows the now famous, Tesla monument sculptor, Les Drysdale, directing the placement of the Tesla monument.

Above: The motor on the monument is similar to the "Teslatron" statue in the Fallsview Casino's entrance in Niagara Falls, which also pays homage to the inventor.

Above: The motor on the monument is similar to the "Teslatron" statue in the Fallsview Casino's entrance in Niagara Falls, which also pays homage to the inventor.

Above: Niagara Falls.  Goat Island is located between the two waterfalls (American and Canadian).  Tesla's other Monument (above) is located on Goat Island, this monument was the gift of Yugoslavia to the United States, 1976. The monument on Goat Island was the work of famous Croatian sculptor Krsinic.   

Above: Niagara Falls.

Above: Niagara Falls.

Above: Niagara Falls.

Above: Les Drysdale, the famous Tesla monument sculptor with Dr. Ljubo Vujovic at the unveiling ceremony.

Above: Unveiling Ceremony.  Chorus of the Serbian Orthodox Church "St. George" in the background.

Above: Unveiling ceremony.

Above: Unveiling ceremony.

Above: Master of the Ceremony, Draga Dragasevic.  She preformed her job with excellence.

Above: Unveiling ceremony.  Rob Nicholson speaking, a Representative of the Canadian Government.

Above: Unveiling ceremony.  Speaking is the Mayor of City of Niagara Ted Salci.

Above: Unveiling ceremony.  Jim Williams, Chairman of Niagara Park Commission.

Above: Unveiling Ceremony.  Dusan Kulundzic, President of the "St. George" Serbian Orthodox Church at Niagara Falls.

Above: Unveiling Ceremony.  Speaking is Milan Parivodic, the Minisiter of the Republic of Serbia.

Above: Unveiling ceremony.  From left to right: Prof. Aleksandar Marincic, member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and President of the Tesla Memorial Society of New York, Pavle Cosic, President of the Tesla Society of Cleveland, Ohio, Mark Seifer, Tesla biographer, and Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, Secretary General of the Tesla Memorial Society of New York.

Above: (left to right) Jim Williams, Chairman of Niagara Park Commission, Les Drysdale, the famous Tesla monument sculptor and Dusan Kulundzic, President of the "St. George" Serbian Orthodox Church at Niagara Falls.

Above: Dr. Ljubo Vujovic with the Mayor of City of Niagara Ted Salci (middle).

Above: Unveiling Ceremony.  Known pianist Professor Nikola Rackov and Oliver Njego, a known Opera singer, at the ceremony.

Above: Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, Secretary General, Tesla Memorial Society of New York by the Tesla Monument in Niagara Falls.

Above (left to right):  Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, Secretary General, Tesla Memorial Society of New York, Olivera Kosic, television director Radio-Television Serbia, Mark Seifer, known Tesla biographer and hand writing expert, and Sculptor Les Drysdale.

Above: Unveiling ceremony.  Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, Secretary General, Tesla Memorial Society of New York, being interviewed by Canadian Television.

Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse built the first hydro-electric power plant in Niagara Falls and started the electrification of the world

Above:  Tesla is the father of high frequency high voltage electricity which is used today in radio and other communication devices.  Here is a photo from Colorado Springs, Colorado (in 1899), illustrating the capacity of the oscillator to create electricity of millions of volts and a frequency of 100,000 alternations per second.

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