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| - | If you think I’m here to tear down Tesla, I’m not. I’m here to give you the raw, cranky, geek‑history truth — not the crowdsourced mythology. | + | If you think I’m here to tear down Tesla, I’m not. I’m here to give you the raw, cranky, geek‑history truth, not the crowdsourced mythology. |
| And if there was ever a forgotten geek whose story deserves the spotlight, it’s Benjamin Garver Lamme. | And if there was ever a forgotten geek whose story deserves the spotlight, it’s Benjamin Garver Lamme. | ||
| - | Yes, there’s a Tesla statue on both the American and Canadian sides of Niagara Falls. But despite Lamme being the chief architect of the Niagara generators | + | Yes, there’s a Tesla statue on both the American and Canadian sides of Niagara Falls. But despite Lamme being the chief architect of the Niagara generators, the machines that actually made Tesla’s AC system real, there isn’t a single plaque at the Falls that mentions him by name. |
| The only official marker honoring Benjamin Lamme is hundreds of miles away, on the Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway in Bethel Township, Ohio. | The only official marker honoring Benjamin Lamme is hundreds of miles away, on the Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway in Bethel Township, Ohio. | ||
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The collection of material for the study of geek history dates back to my early days in technology as far back as the 1970s. You will find specific footnotes and references on many pages with links to current websites. Anytime a claim is made, or a fact is stated from a website or blog that does not appear to have firsthand knowledge of the subject I make a note to follow up on it. I can assure you that anything I have written is based on verification of facts from a source as close to the events and individuals as possible or multiple sources of information from leading publications or references.