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Posted on 2/4/24 at 7:37 pm to
Posted by deltaland
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Posted on 2/4/24 at 7:37 pm to
1893 Chicago World Fair when Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse awed the world by lighting up the area, winning the battle of the currents and proving A/C was safer and more effective than Edison’s D/C current. From this point on our modern grid was built around A/C

Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 2/4/24 at 8:46 pm to
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 2/4/24 at 8:48 pm to
I have a curious, inexplicable fascination with old world's fairs.

Currently reading a book on Chicago 1933, sort of a followup to Devil In The White City.
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