Why Tesla’s Wireless Power Tower Was Shut Down (Wardenclyffe 1906)

Описание: In 1906, Nikola Tesla’s most ambitious project—Wardenclyffe Tower—was abruptly shut down. The dream? To transmit wireless electricity and global communication through the Earth itself.

Backed initially by financier J.P. Morgan, Tesla believed the tower could send power across continents without wires. But as construction progressed, harsh realities emerged:

⚡ Massive electrical losses over distance
⚡ Enormous funding requirements with no clear profit model
⚡ Technical limitations of grounding and resonance control
⚡ Investors losing confidence in the feasibility of wireless power

What was meant to be the future of global energy became an unfinished monument to a brilliant but impractical vision.

Wardenclyffe’s shutdown didn’t just end a project—it marked the moment when the world chose wired power grids over Tesla’s wireless dream. Yet, the ideas tested there influenced radio transmission, grounding science, and high-frequency electrical research for decades.

This is the forgotten story of why Tesla’s grandest experiment failed—and how it still shaped modern electrical engineering.

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