6 crazy Tesla inventions that never got built

Wireless Energy

Tesla believed in wireless energy. From the experiments he did on radio and microwaves, he thought he could power cities by transmitting electricity through the air. He got as far as starting construction on a tower on Long Island called the Wardenclyffe Tower. It was financed by J.P. Morgan to transmit messages to ships across the Atlantic ocean. However, once J.P. Morgan caught wind of Tesla’s plans to try and supply New York with electricity through thin air the funding was cut and the tower was dismantled several years later before it even became operational.

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