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.

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Generate an image of the Wardenclyffe Tower project (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.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineering project ⓘ
unfinished construction project ⓘ
wireless transmission project ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tesla Tower ⓘ
Wardenclyffe Tower ⓘ
architect Stanford White ⓘ
basedOn Tesla’s theories of resonant wireless energy transmission ⓘ
category Demolished buildings and structures in New York (state) ⓘ
History of radio ⓘ
Nikola Tesla ⓘ
Wireless energy transfer ⓘ
constructionMaterial steel ⓘ
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 ⓘ
speculative research on wireless power ⓘ
hasPart Wardenclyffe Tower structure ⓘ
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, New York ⓘ
linked to: Long Island

Shoreham, New York ⓘ
mainSubject wireless telecommunication ⓘ
wireless transmission of electricity ⓘ
namedAfter Nikola Tesla ⓘ
notableFor ambitious scale for global communication ⓘ
attempted wireless transmission of electrical power ⓘ
ownedBy Nikola Tesla (originally) ⓘ
linked to: Nikola Tesla
partOf Nikola Tesla’s World Wireless System ⓘ
powerSource nearby power plant (planned) ⓘ
projectStatus never fully operational ⓘ
purpose global wireless communication ⓘ
wireless power distribution ⓘ
significantEvent demolition of tower in 1917 ⓘ
withdrawal of funding by J. P. Morgan ⓘ
startDate 1901 ⓘ
status demolished ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Nikola Tesla → notableWork → Wardenclyffe Tower project ⓘ
Nikola Tesla → notableWork → Wardenclyffe Tower project ⓘ
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Wardenclyffe Tower project → alsoKnownAs → Wardenclyffe Tower ⓘ
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Wardenclyffe Tower project → partOf → Nikola Tesla’s World Wireless System ⓘ
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Tesla Tower → associatedWith → Wardenclyffe laboratory ⓘ
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Shoreham, New York → hasLandmark → Wardenclyffe Tower site ⓘ
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Shoreham, New York → hasHistoricSite → Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe laboratory ⓘ
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