Tesla's Laboratory and Statue, Shoreham, New York
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moelsla
N 40° 56.817 W 072° 53.900
18T E 676900 N 4534994
The Dream of Wardenclyffe:
Construction of the Wardenclyffe facility began in 1901 and was based on one of Tesla’s most revolutionary ideas: a global, wireless system for communication and power transfer. His great dream was Wireless Power.
Waymark Code: WM18KQ8
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2023
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Tesla built a 16 acre laboratory, "Wardenclyffe," at the eastern end of Long Island, and within the compound erected a massive tower, almost 200 feet tall, from which he hoped to beam electric power. But the tower was dynamited in 1917, supposedly to prevent its possible use by German spies. Tesla never had enough money to build another, and died a penniless recluse.
The laboratory remained and eventually was sold to the Agfa Corp., which polluted the land so thoroughly that it became a Superfund Site, off-limits to everyone (Or at least, that's the official story for fencing it off). But it's still the last surviving Tesla lab, and a local group hopes to turn it into a Tesla Museum when the cleanup is completed.
In 2013 -- the 70th anniversary of Tesla's death in obscurity -- the President of Serbia traveled to Shoreham and unveiled a bronze statue of Tesla at the site of his former lab. And in 2014 billionaire Elon Musk reportedly donated $1 million toward opening the museum.
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Weekday Hours: From: 9:00 AM To: 4:00 PM
Weekend Hours: From: 9:00 AM To: 4:00 PM
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