Tesla Shoreham landmark at risk
Photo credit: Bettmann/CORBIS | Tesla's wireless experimental station in Shoreham, Long Island. (Aug. 22, 1907)
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Nikola Tesla can't catch a break.
The Serbian-American scientist -- who invented key components of modern electricity and radio, only to see fame and fortune go to others -- died penniless in a Manhattan hotel room in 1943.
Now, local efforts to preserve his former lab -- called Wardenclyffe -- on Route 25A in Shoreham seem to be faltering.
A recent $4-million donation to buy and...
