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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