Tesla&#39;s Mystery Tower On The Brink Of Being DemolishedS  In
1901, inventor Nikola Tesla built an 18-story tower on New
York's Long Island, promising that it would deliver electricity
wirelessly to the world. Now that mysterious tower and his lab
may be destroyed.  The tower, funded richly by JP Morgan and
other turn-of-the-century industrialists, was originally
conceived for radio communications, which were just on the cusp
of being invented. It was fitted out with a massive antenna, and
rumors swirled that Tesla had also created a vast catacombs of
tunnels beneath it for some purpose nobody understood. As the
inventor of alternating current electricity, along with hundreds
of other devices, Tesla was so respected that his funders were
willing to put up with his eccentricities if they paid off.
Unfortunately, they didn't. After erecting the massive tower and
building a huge laboratory next door, Tesla was beaten to the
punch by some guy named Guglielmo Marconi. You know, the
inventor of radio. Tesla trie