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The Rally to Preserve Tesla's Lab in Shoreham, Long Island on May 30, 2009
On a beautiful saturday morning, a rally to preserve Tesla's laboratory in Shoreham, Long Island was held by the Tesla's previous Wardenclyffe site. People of Shoreham, Long Island, Suffolk County, and representatives of local and New York State government expressed determination to preserve Tesla's historic laboratory in Shoreham, Long Island.
Many television crews, reporters, photographers, journalists and Tesla's admirers were present to witness this special event.
Special Invited Guests:
- US Congressman Tim Bishop
- NYS Senator Kenneth LaValle
- NYS Assemblyman Marc S. Alessi
- Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy
- Suffolk County Legislator Daniel P. Losquadro
- Suffolk County Legislator Edward Romaine
- Brookhaven Town Supervisor Mark Lesko
- Brookhaven Town Concilwoman Jane Bonner
- Shoreham Civic Organization President Kevin Ward
- Tesla Memorial Society of New York, President, Dr. Ljubo Vujovic
A "This Place Matters" group photograph for inclusion on the website of the National Trust for Historic Preservation was taken at this event. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has asked people across America to identify places that are important. They want photographs of people near the places that matter. The Wardenclyffe site is an excellent example of a signficant place that should be protected.
Above: Attendees at the rally at Shoreham, Long Island.
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Above: Group photograph at the Wardenclyffe Site of Tesla's Laboratory.
Above: Group photograph at the Wardenclyffe Site of Tesla's Laboratory.
Above: Group photograph at the Wardenclyffe Site of Tesla's Laboratory.
Above: Group photograph at the Wardenclyffe Site of Tesla's Laboratory.
Above: Group photograph at the Wardenclyffe Site of Tesla's Laboratory.
Above: Group photograph at the Wardenclyffe Site of Tesla's Laboratory.
Above: Jane Alcorn, President, Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe speaking at the event.
Above: Jane Alcorn, President, Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe speaking at the event.
Above: Jane Alcorn, President, Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe speaking at the event.
Above: New York State Assemblyman Marc S. Alessi speaking at the event.
Above: Attendees at the Wardenclyffe "This Place Matters" event.
Above: Jane Alcorn, President, Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe speaking at the event.
Above: Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, President, Tesla Memorial Society of New York speaking at the event. Dr. Vujovic said "Tesla's Laboratory is a holy place for science in America and around the world and should be preserved".
Above: Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, President, Tesla Memorial Society of New York speaking at the event. Dr. Vujovic said "Tesla's Laboratory is a holy place for science in America and around the world and should be preserved".
Above: The Wardenclyffe site as of May 30, 2009.
Above: Jane Alcorn, President, Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe being interviewed by a television crew.
Above: The Wardenclyffe site. "Land For Sale" and security on duty.
Above: The Wardenclyffe site as of May 30, 2009.
Above: Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, President, Tesla Memorial Society of New York at Wardenclyffe being interviewed by a television crew.
Above: Vujovic family at the rally at Wardenclyffe.
Above: Relative of Stanford White, famous architect who designed Tesla's Laboratory in 1901 and Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, President, Tesla Memorial Society of New York.
Above: New York State Senator Kenneth LaValle and Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, President, Tesla Memorial Society of New York at the Wardenclyffe rally. Senator LaValle is holding a book "Tesla III Millenium" by author Dr. Ljubo Vujovic.
Above: Tesla Street were the rally at Wardenclyffe was held.
Above: The Wardenclyffe site as of May 30, 2009.
Above: Transmitting Tesla Tower and Laboratory built in 1901-1905 by Stanford White, famous architect and Tesla's friend. Located in Wardenclyffe, Long Island. This was to be the first broadcasting system in the world. Tesla also wanted to transmit electricity from this Tower to the whole globe without wires using the Ionosphere. The source of the transmitted electricity was to be the Niagara Falls power plant.
Above: Tesla's Laboratory in Shoreham, Long Island, designed by Tesla's friend, the famous American architect Stanford White, as it looks today (March 2009). Photo by Jane Alcorn, President of the Tesla Science Center in Shoreham, Long Island.
Above: Photograph of a model of Tesla Tower in action, shows how the Tower would have looked if it was completed.
Above: The tragedy of Tesla in Wardenclyffe, the tower was dismantled on July 4, 1917. It was dynamited and razed by the mortgage holder, the proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.