Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Lab Gets Restoration Grant

A $500,000 federal grant will help
restoration efforts at Nikola Tesla's
Wardenclyffe laboratory in NY
(Tesla Science Center website photo)

Restoration efforts for inventor Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe laboratory in Shoreham, New York, recently got a major boost with a $500,000 grant from the National Park Service and the National Endowment for the Arts. Newsline reports that the funding will help pay for turning the long-abandoned lab site into a museum and science education center. 

According to the Tesla Science Center organization (<www.teslasciencecenter.org>), the Save America’s Treasures grant will help stabilize the exterior of the main laboratory building that was constructed in 1901. Amateur radio groups are heavily involved in the restoration effort.