During the 1890s he and his assistant George Scherff worked with x-rays, radio, high frequency high voltage devices. By 1899 he was working with electrical power never heard of before. From his lab in Colorado Springs he would unleash such power that the thunder from it could be heard for miles around. His equipment included a 52 foot Tesla coil.

He also did notable research on high-voltage electricity and wireless communication; at one point creating an earthquake which shook the ground for several miles around his New York laboratory. He also devised a system which anticipated worldwide wireless communications, fax machines, radar, guided missiles and aircraft.

At the beginning of World War II Tesla suggested to the U.S. government that instead of research on the atom bomb they should perfect his electric ray. tesla claimed he could direct tremendous amounts of electricity anywhere on earth into an area thus utterly destroying it. The government rebuked him. Is is rumors that Tesla test fired his electrical ray from his lab on Long Island, New York, U.S.A. in 1908 causing the great explosion in Tangusta, Russia.

In well informed circles, it is occasionally mentioned that Nikola Tesla, even in retirement, built an automobile propelled by gravity stressing energy. At the age of 70, in a period of deep economic depression, Tesla had considerable financial means. While these means were not as ample as originally and contractually promised by Westinghouse, they made possible this extraordinarily interesting episode which is today fully documented. We say this also because, once again. the episode points out the enormous significance of this extraordinary experimental physicist. It took no less than 100 years of today's fast-moving events to fully grasp the importance of the man. There is no explanation for this. One can merely humorously assume that Tesla came from some other world, to be born on Earth. His results in experimental physics, which appeared to be perfectly obvious, still cause indigestion in orthodox theoretical physics circles.

One day, last year, I decided I would like to go to Tesla's lab. I started a search on the internet to find directions. I knew the lab was located somewhere near Shoreham, Long Island, New York. Little did I know at the time that there were many tales of woe on the net about people looking for this lab and not being able to find it. I remember reading about one poor soul who took a cab from New York City and cruised all around Shoreham. He said he even went into the local library trying to find the location of the lab but could find out nothing.

Well undaunted I continued to search on and off (mostly off) for the next year and as luck would have it, I narrowed down the search to an area I believed the lab was at. It was located on route 25a, a couple of blocks west of William Floyd Parkway. It was right across the street of the western corner of the block that the Firehouse was on. The street is called Telsa Drive or Street I'm not sure. I rushed down the block with my trusty camera and my wife assisting me. A high chain link fence barred the way. To make matters worse, extensive plant growth made seeing very difficult. There were also buildings attached to and behind what I believe was the lab. This could be the wrong building, however, but I didn't see any other building on the property that resembled it. About 60 feet past the building was a locked double fence that had a sign on it that stated "loading area". I hope this building isn't being used as a warehouse. By the way No Trespassing signs were everywhere.

It can't see much from the photos I took but I am posting them here just to give you an idea of what I was up against. Date of pictures taken 25 June 2003.

If this is the correct site, I think it is a shame that such an historic building is being treated this way.