United States. Westinghouse decides (finally) to enforce his (Tesla’s) patents for three-phase AC motors and generators. This also applies to the contest established by banker Edward Dean Adams (formerly head of the Cataract Construction Company in Niagara): the International Niagara Commission, to determine the best method for extracting and distributing electrical energy from the falls. The contest extended to 28 nations worldwide and several American companies and participants. Edison (obviously) considered using direct current (DC), while Westinghouse (before consulting with Tesla) considered using compressed air pipes to transmit the power. Adams opted for electric current. The (newly formed) General Electric (with Edison) then proposed DC for Niagara and AC for Buffalo (more distant) in 1892. That was until Westinghouse arrived with his patents, obtained by Tesla.
