Men Who Built America: America Wasn't Discovered. It Was Built. by Mogre Neeraj

Author:Mogre, Neeraj [Mogre, Neeraj]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2020-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6: Owning It All

Edison became very happy to help to develop an electric chair using Westinghouse AC generators. Edison devotes his lab's attention to the development of the world's first electric chair. It's the perfect opportunity to prove that Tesla's AC is dangerous even deadly. The prison invites Edison and the press witness the most sensational demonstration imaginable. The world's first human execution by electricity, they then essentially roasted this man alive. It was a botched execution; the gruesome act backfires on Edison. The public doesn't connect AC to Tesla all they remember is that electricity was used to kill a man and that Edison was behind it. The damage to his reputation is massive and J.P. Morgan endures an even worse fate. Morgan set out to become a legendary innovator in his own right but now his dream has now crashing down. Edison has played directly into John Rockefeller's hands demonstrating electricity to be dangerous that pulling his funds from Edison would completely destroy the electric industry and leave Rockefeller at the top of the light game but despite his father's objections Morgan is still convinced that electricity is the future and soon new project reignites his ambition. A project that will remove the strain of Edison's experiments and restore the public's trust in the electric industry. Electricity is about to go National. A company at Niagara Falls had begun work on one of the most ambitious construction project ever undertaken the world's largest power plant is being built and 1300 men are digging a massive tunnel, 25 miles into bedrock once complete the raw power of the falls will generate a mind boggling 120,000 horse power, more than all the electricity being produced throughout the country combined.

Niagara is a watershed in the history of the electric industry it shows that it is not only feasible but practical to transmit electricity over distance, the Niagara power station will be capable to light the entire Northeast, to take such a incredibly famous place that's got this extraordinary water power and harness it to electricity was going to make the case to the world that this was something you could do everything, but the Niagara Power Company hasn't yet decided who will power the generators, Morgan and Edison's DC or Tesla's AC. The world's biggest power station would be a huge game changer. J.P. Morgan knows it's his opportunity to create the empire he's always wanted but he also knows that getting the contract to power Niagara would require a massive investment. One his father would never allow. Morgan agonizes over his next move until tragedy strikes; his father has been in a horrible carriage crash. Junius Morgan dies out as a result of his injuries. J.P. Morgan is now left in charge of the House of Morgan, the empire that includes a vast portfolio of businesses, investments in railroads, real estate, shipping, manufacturing and electricity. With his father gone nothing his holding Morgan back, he's net worth more than

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