In 1888, Tesla's work came to the attention of George Westinghouse, who owned a patent for a transformer and had been operating an alternating current lighting plant in Great Barrington, Massachusetts since 1886.
Tesla's work came to the attention of George Westinghouse. This was in 1888. George Westinghouse owned a patent for a transformer. George Westinghouse had been operating an alternating current lighting plant in Great Barrington. Great Barrington was Massachusetts since 1886.