On May 23, 1892, as the immense fairgrounds
were being constructed on the shore of Lake Michigan, the
Westinghouse Electric Company won the lighting contract for
the World's Fair which paved the way for creating hydropower
electricity at Niagara Falls.
In 1893, when the World's Fair finally opened it was a huge
success, attracting nearly 28 million visitors in its
6-month run. And Westinghouse exhibits had prime real
estate. Just off the Court of Honor sat the massive
Electricity Building, which was one of the most popular
attractions at the fair.
The generating plant for the World's Fair lighting was the
largest alternating-current central station then in
existence.
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