Colorado Springs Experimental Station

Nikola Tesla Colorado Springs Timeline

Important moments and events related to Tesla's time in Colorado

May 17th, 1899

May 23rd, 1899

June 15th, 1899

January 13th, 1900

June, 1904

Front view of Nikola Tesla's Colorado Springs Experimental Station

Front view of Nikola Tesla's Colorado Springs Experimental Station.

Tesla's Colorado Springs lab exterior showing 2nd suspended ball

Tesla's Colorado Springs lab exterior showing 2nd suspended ball.

Tesla's assistant ready at the controls of the Colorado Springs Experimental Station

Tesla's assistant ready at the controls of the Colorado Springs Experimental Station.

Massive streamers issuing from the extra coil of Tesla's Colorado Springs oscillator

Massive streamers issuing from the extra coil of Tesla's Colorado Springs oscillator.

Colorado Springs Experimental Station capacitor bank

Colorado Springs Experimental Station capacitor bank.

Nikola Tesla seated inside his Colorado Springs oscillator

Nikola Tesla seated inside his Colorado Springs oscillator.

1899

Experiments Begin In Colorado

June 15th, 1899

The first experiments in Colorado Springs Experimental Station were performed. Tesla records his initial spark length at five inches long, but very thick and noisy.