Caltech's House of Lightning

From the creator

In 1923, Caltech and Southern California Edison Company built the High Voltage Research Laboratory to test high-voltage equipment and conduct research in physics and electrical engineering. Designed by architect Bertram Goodhue, with sculpture by Lee Lawrie, it became home to electrical demonstrations and research on x-rays and nuclear physics. A production of the Caltech Archives and Special Collections. View more Becoming Caltech presentations: https://library.caltech.edu/becoming-caltech-presentations Our exhibit on campus: https://library.caltech.edu/becoming-caltech Email us at: [email protected] ©2020 California Institute of Technology

Published 2020-10-08 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Availability and playback restrictions are controlled by the original channel.