Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Why Tesla's tower of dreams collapsed. Visit brilliant.org/Newsthink to start learning STEM for FREE and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
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4:53 Alan Bellows of Damn Interesting damninteresting.com/teslas-tower-of-power
7:38 Archive of The Electrical Experimenter courtesy of The Tesla Collection teslacollection.com/tesla_articles/1917/electrical_experimenter/h_winfield_secor/u_s_blows_radio_tower
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0:13 Nikola Tesla color photo pulsepowernow.com, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons
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Why Tesla's tower of dreams collapsed. Visit brilliant.org/Newsthink to start learning STEM for FREE and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci
Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/Newsthink
Special thanks to the following for permission to use their material:
4:53 Alan Bellows of Damn Interesting damninteresting.com/teslas-tower-of-power
7:38 Archive of The Electrical Experimenter courtesy of The Tesla Collection teslacollection.com/tesla_articles/1917/electrical_experimenter/h_winfield_secor/u_s_blows_radio_tower
The footage aired in the story constitute Fair Use for news reporting purposes. Other elements were purchased by Newsthink Ltd. or fall under a creative commons license in which re-use is allowed.
Image sources:
0:13 Nikola Tesla color photo pulsepowernow.com, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons
6:11 Background image of Marconi: Published on LIFE / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
8:52 Daniel Schwen / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
8:56 Richard Huppertz / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
9:22 Spaceboyjosh, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
9:36 Senate Democrats, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
