Knob Hill is a neighborhood in central Colorado Springs, Colorado, one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown, extending east from South Union Blvd to South Circle Drive, and from East Willamette Ave south to Airport Rd. It is most famous for its connection with Nikola Tesla, and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.
Coordinates: 38°50′17.628″N 104°46′55.956″W / 38.83823°N 104.78221°W / 38.83823; -104.78221
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.
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Famous quotes containing the word hill:
“Let go thy hold when a great wheel runs down a hill lest it break thy neck with following; but the great one that goes upward, let him draw thee after.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)