December 2007
Recent view of Tesla's historic Wardenclyffe laboratory
in Shoreham, New York. The picture shows the south facade of the
building, as it appears from Route 25A (click on the image for a
larger view). Roof and surrounding ground are still partially
covered with residual snow. In the foreground, a few remaining
construction stakes mark the location of the tower base, which had
been the target of recent cleanup efforts (see below). Contrast
this view with images from the photo archive at the
Tesla Wardenclyffe Project,
particularly with
image 20
of their archive.
December 2007
FSE/TSC website undergoing renovation.
Built almost ten years ago, the website has maintained its clean,
consistent appearance throughout various adaptations and migrations.
In the meantime, information technology has improved considerably,
and we are taking advantage of the new possibilities. We are
currently renovating our website, with the goal of migrating it
step by step towards a new release under the award-winning Joomla!
content management system. Although we expect to keep the successful
elements and part of the overall appearance, we will add more
features over time and reorganize some of the content. We apologize
for any inconvenience during the transition.
October 2007
FSE/TSC expands web presence.
Since 2004, FSE has owned the domain name teslasciencecenter.org.
Although both the name and its character ('.org') perfectly match
our purpose and mission as a not-for-profit organization, we feel
the time has come to register also the two sister domains,
teslasciencecenter.com and teslasciencecenter.net. We hope that the
additional names will make it even easier for you to find us on the
web, and to establish our mission even more firmly on the web.
October 2007
FSE to become TSC.
Friends of Science East, Inc. will be doing business as (DBA)
Tesla Science Center (pending the approval of the application by NY State).
TSC, for short, will reflect more appropriately the long-standing
mission of FSE, to establish a science center and museum at the
site of Nikola Tesla's former laboratory at Wardenclyffe (now
Shoreham, NY). In fact FSE already anticipated that development
when it registered its website, in March 2004, under the domain
name teslasciencecenter.org.
May 2007
Cleanup at Tesla Lab reaches milestone.
The cleanup at the site of Tesla's former laboratory, the Agfa-Peerless
Photo Products site in Shoreham, reached a milestone recently when
all the physical removal of contaminated material was completed,
and final testing was performed.
(Full article.)
Spring 2007
Cleanup work at Tesla Lab winding down.
The flurry of activity heard at the AGFA "Peerless"
site in Shoreham has quieted now, as the work to clean up hazardous
waste there has been winding down. Most of the cleanup has been
completed, and AGFA now has to verify its cleanup and prepare its
reports to be presented to the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation for the DEC's approval.
(Full article.)
January 2007
Cleanup at Tesla Lab nearing completion.
The cleanup is nearing completion, as remediation reports
identify one area of residual contamination.
(Full article.)
6–8 October 2006
Tesla conference held on Long Island.
The first
Nikola Tesla Museum and Science Center International Conference
was held in Farmingville (Long Island), New York.
(More information,
trailer video.)
9–10 September 2006
Photos from Tesla archive on display.
FSE displays photos from the Tesla archive and information on the Wardenclyffe
site at the Brookhaven Town County Fair at the Longwood Estate.
(More information.)
February 2006
Cleanup at Tesla Lab continues.
The cleanup at the site of Tesla's former laboratory continues.
(Full article.)
September 2005
Cleanup at Tesla Lab to begin.
The cleanup at the site of Tesla's former laboratory is scheduled to begin
soon and will continue for about three to four months.
(Full article.)
10 March 2004
NY State DEC holds public hearing.
The NY State DEC holds a public hearing on
the Proposed Remedial Action Plan (PRAP). (Location:
Middle School Auditorium,
100 Randall Road,
Shoreham, New York; time: 7 pm.
Full article.)
March 2004
FSE website moves to new domain.
FSE has registered the domain name www.teslasciencecenter.org for their permanent
website. In view of the recent events regarding the Agfa property, we are focusing on
making the website available while parts of it are still under construction. We welcome
feedback via the "E-mail" links on our pages.
February 2004
NY State DEC releases cleanup plan to public.
The NY State DEC has accepted and released a Proposed Remedial Action Plan (PRAP)
for the Peerless Photo Site for public comment. The comment period is
February 26 March 27, 2004;
a public hearing has been set for
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at the
Alfred G. Prodell Middle School Auditorium, 100 Randall Road, Shoreham, New York.
Further information is available via the
Shoreham Civic Organization or
directly
here.
Winter 2003/2004
Agfa finalizes remediation plan.
Agfa has finalized a draft remediation plan for their site and is in the process
of submitting it to the NY State DEC.
Spring 2003
Drilling, water sampling near Tesla site.
As part of the assessment of possible cleanup options, Agfa uses a water flow model
to simulate the potential for leaching of contaminants from their property into the
water table. Several wells are being drilled in the neighboring residential areas,
to take water samples and/or to install permanent wells to monitor the water quality.
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