Wardenclyffe Tower (1901–1917) also known as the Tesla Tower,
was an early wireless transmission tower designed by Nikola
Tesla and intended for commercial trans-Atlantic wireless
telephony, broadcasting, and proof-of-concept demonstrations of
wireless power transmission. It was never fully operational, and
the tower was demolished in 1917. The tower was named after
James S. Warden, a western lawyer and banker who had purchased
land for the endeavor in Shoreham, Long Island, about sixty
miles from Manhattan. Here he built a resort community known as
Wardenclyffe-On-Sound. Warden believed that with the
implementation of Tesla's "world system" a "Radio City" would
arise in the area. He offered Tesla 200 acres (81 ha) of land
close to a railway line on which to build his wireless
telecommunications tower and laboratory facility. Tesla began
planning the Wardenclyffe Tower facility ca. 1898 and in 1901
construction began on the land near Long Island Sound. Architect
Stanford White designed the Wardenclyffe facili