Tesla's Work at Wardenclyffe (Feb. 7, 1902)

Nikola Tesla's power house at Wardenclyffe is completed, the foundations of the great tower put in and the well in connection with it sunk to the required depth of 120 feet. The tower, concerning which there has been so much speculation, will be octagonal, in shape, 210 10 feet high, 100 feet in diameter at the base and 80 feet in diameter, at the top. Although a so-called wooden tower, yet so great is its magnitude that some 50 tons of iron and steel, and nearly fifty thousand bolts, will be used in its construction. The well under this tower is 12 feet square and is cased, the entire depth of 120 feet with eight inch timbers, and has yet to receive its finishing lining of brick or cement. The staircase leading down into this subterranean chamber is partially completed, and next week a force of workmen will begin the driving of a series of four small tunnels, each 100 feet long, transversely across at the bottom of the well. As these tunnels will be below the water level, some skillful engineering will be required to carry the work through.