Tesla Tower
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Tesla Tower was Nikola Tesla’s experimental early-20th-century wireless transmission tower intended to demonstrate global wireless communication and power distribution.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wardenclyffe Tower | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental wireless transmission tower
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research facility ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tesla Tower
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surface form:
Wardenclyffe Tower
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| associatedWith |
Nikola Tesla’s wireless power experiments
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Wardenclyffe Tower project ⓘ
surface form:
Wardenclyffe laboratory
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| constructionEndDate | circa 1905 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1901 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem |
WGS84
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surface form:
World Geodetic System 1984
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| demolishedBy | U.S. government contractors ⓘ |
| demolitionDate | 1917 ⓘ |
| designer | Nikola Tesla ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| financialIssue | loss of funding from J. P. Morgan ⓘ |
| fundedBy | J. P. Morgan ⓘ |
| hasPart |
deep grounding system
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large hemispherical top terminal ⓘ |
| height | about 57 meters ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | site later used for industrial purposes ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture | symbol of visionary but unrealized technology ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Nikola Tesla’s Colorado Springs experiments ⓘ |
| location |
Shoreham, New York
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surface form:
Shoreham, Long Island, New York, United States
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| material |
steel
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wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nikola Tesla ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambitious plan for global wireless communication
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attempted wireless power transmission on a planetary scale ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Nikola Tesla ⓘ |
| projectStatus |
abandoned
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never fully operational ⓘ |
| purpose |
demonstration of worldwide power distribution
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global wireless communication ⓘ wireless telegraphy ⓘ wireless transmission of electrical power ⓘ |
| reasonForDemolition | to recover scrap metal ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Colorado Springs experimental station ⓘ |
| technologyConcept |
earth resonance
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resonant inductive coupling ⓘ wireless transmission of energy through the Earth ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Wardenclyffe Tower