Wardenclyffe Tower project
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The Wardenclyffe Tower project was Nikola Tesla’s ambitious early-20th-century attempt to build a wireless transmission station for global communication and power distribution.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nikola Tesla’s World Wireless System | 1 |
| Wardenclyffe Tower | 1 |
| Wardenclyffe laboratory | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering project
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unfinished construction project ⓘ wireless transmission project ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tesla Tower
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Wardenclyffe Tower project ⓘ
surface form:
Wardenclyffe Tower
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| architect | Stanford White ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tesla’s theories of resonant wireless energy transmission ⓘ |
| category |
Demolished buildings and structures in New York (state)
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History of radio ⓘ Nikola Tesla ⓘ Wireless energy transfer ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
steel
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wood ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1901 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demolishedDate | 1917 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Nikola Tesla ⓘ |
| developer | Nikola Tesla ⓘ |
| electricalSystem | high-voltage resonant transformer system ⓘ |
| endDate | circa 1917 ⓘ |
| fundedBy | J. P. Morgan ⓘ |
| hasEffect | influenced later visions of wireless power ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
popular culture depictions of Tesla
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speculative research on wireless power ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Wardenclyffe Tower structure
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laboratory building at Wardenclyffe ⓘ |
| height | about 57 meters ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | site later preserved as a museum project ⓘ |
| inception | late 19th century concept ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| location |
Long Island
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surface form:
Long Island, New York
Shoreham, New York ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
wireless telecommunication
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wireless transmission of electricity ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nikola Tesla ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambitious scale for global communication
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attempted wireless transmission of electrical power ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Nikola Tesla
ⓘ
surface form:
Nikola Tesla (originally)
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| partOf |
Wardenclyffe Tower project
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nikola Tesla’s World Wireless System
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| powerSource | nearby power plant (planned) ⓘ |
| projectStatus | never fully operational ⓘ |
| purpose |
global wireless communication
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wireless power distribution ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
demolition of tower in 1917
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withdrawal of funding by J. P. Morgan ⓘ |
| startDate | 1901 ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wardenclyffe Tower
this entity surface form:
Wardenclyffe laboratory
subject surface form:
Nikola Tesla
this entity surface form:
Nikola Tesla’s World Wireless System