Wardenclyffe Tower

Wardenclyffe Tower, also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early experimental wireless transmission station designed and built by scientist Nikola Tesla on in 1901–1902, located in the village of .
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: early experimental wireless transmission station designed and built by Nikola Tesla
  • Also known as: “Tesla Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.

Photo: meta nemegi - Paul Searing, CC BY 2.0.
The was a completed General Electric nuclear boiling water reactor located adjacent to Long Island Sound in . is situated 2 miles northeast of Wardenclyffe Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shoreham and East Shoreham.

Hamlet
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is an incorporated village in the Town of , , , United States. The population was 561 at the 2020 census. It is officially known as the Incorporated Village of .

Town
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is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of , , United States. The population was 6,841 at the 2020 census.

Town
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is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 13,633.

Wardenclyffe Tower

Latitude
40.94728° or 40° 56′ 50″ north
Longitude
-72.89825° or 72° 53′ 54″ west
Open location code
87G9W4W2+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185195882
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q2164598
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Wardenclyffe Tower” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kulla Wardenclyffe”
  • Arabic: “برج واردنكليف”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vordenkliff qülləsi”
  • Basque: “Tesla dorrea”
  • Basque: “Wardenclyffe Dorrea”
  • Bengali: “ওয়ার্ডেনক্লিফ টাওয়ার”
  • Bulgarian: “Уордънклиф (кула)”
  • Bulgarian: “Уордънклиф”
  • Catalan: “Wardenclyffe Tower”
  • Chinese: “沃登克里弗塔”
  • Chinese: “特斯拉塔”
  • Chinese: “華登克里夫塔”
  • Croatian: “Teslin toranj”
  • Czech: “Wardenclyffeská věž”
  • Czech: “Wardenclyffská věž”
  • Dutch: “Tesla Toren”
  • Dutch: “Tesla Tower”
  • Dutch: “Teslatoren”
  • Dutch: “Wardenclyffe toren”
  • Dutch: “Wardenclyffe Tower”
  • Dutch: “Wardenclyffetoren”
  • French: “Tour de Tesla”
  • French: “tour de Wardenclyffe”
  • Galician: “Torre Tesla”
  • Galician: “Wardenclyffe Tower”
  • German: “Tesla Tower”
  • German: “Wardenclyffe Tower”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל וורדנקליף”
  • Italian: “Wardenclyffe Tower”
  • Japanese: “ウォーデンクリフ・タワー”
  • Korean: “워든클라이프 탑”
  • Latvian: “Vardenklifas tornis”
  • Persian: “برج واردن‌کلیف”
  • Polish: “Wieża Wardenclyffee”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Tesla”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Wardenclyffe”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Wardenclyffe”
  • Portuguese: “Wardenclyffe Tower”
  • Romanian: “Turnul Wardenclyffe”
  • Russian: “Башня Ворденклиф”
  • Russian: “Башня Тесла”
  • Russian: “Башня Теслы”
  • Serbian: “Варденклифски торањ”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Wardenclyffe”
  • Spanish: “Wardenclyffe Tower”
  • Spanish: “Wardenclyffe”
  • Swedish: “Wardenclyffe-tornet”
  • Swedish: “Wardenclyffetornet”
  • Turkish: “Wardenclyffe kulesi”
  • Turkish: “Wardenclyffe Kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ворденкліф”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Wardenclyffe”
  • Welsh: “Tŵr Wardenclyffe”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wardenclyffe and Rocky Point Fire District Shoreham Company 3.

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