Knob Hill
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Knob Hill, Colorado, is most famous for its connection with Nikola Tesla, and it is the name of the place one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Colorado Springs and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.
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, known as the Magnifying Transmitter. This coil reproduced the effects of lightning and its accompanying thunder for the first time in history. On 7 January 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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