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Nikola Tesla Monument at Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, Goat Island, New York · United States
A bronze statue of Nikola Tesla on Goat Island, a gift from Yugoslavia to the United States for the bicentennial of American independence in 1976. It recalls Tesla’s alternating current system, used in the great hydroelectric power station at Niagara at the end of the 19th century.
Why it is in the database
The monument meets the following criteria:
- IIRemembranceCommemorates a person, event or suffering from Serbian history.
- VIdentityPermanently inscribed in Serbian historical memory, tradition and literature.
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