In early August 1881, Lemuel W. Smith, 30, got drunk and made the bad decision to grab two metal strips on the generator that powered the lights of Buffalo, N.Y., known at the time as the “Electric ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Chicken wings, pacemakers, the electric chair — all invented in Buffalo. That last one might surprise you the most. Here’s another interesting fact: it was invented by a dentist ...