It wasn't mysticism but hard work, this is how Ed really accomplished the massive project." Visiting the castle In fact, he finds such theories an insult to the hard work and integrity of his friend: "Back in the days when Ed started carving out his original stones," Irwin writes, "his was a generation who knew accomplishments by the sweat of the brow. Irwin pours cold water on the paranormal theories that unknown energies, alien technology, or levitation built the castle. Can't Is Dead! The Story of the Coral Castle," and in it he explains, through photographs, drawings, and schematics, how it was done. Irwin wrote a 1996 book with the inspiring title "Mr. One man, Orval Irwin, was not only a long-time friend of Leedskalnin's but also a building contractor with a deep knowledge of construction techniques. Though Leedskalnin worked alone, he was not a reclusive hermit he had friends who he saw often. Over the next three years, he moved the structures he had already begun from Florida City to Homestead, according to the museum's website. Remarkably, when he heard that a subdivision was being planned near his home, he bought land 10 miles away.
Though the quarried stone slabs are large, they are actually lighter than they appear because the rock is porous. The tools he used to quarry the rock are on display at the Coral Castle, and several old photos depict the large tripods, pulleys, and winches he used to move the blocks. Leedskalnin himself said that that he did it using hard work and the principles of leverage. But Leedskalnin worked alone using basic tools like picks, winches, ropes and pulleys. Creating a structure like the Coral Castle today could probably be accomplished in a few months with a construction crew and modern machinery. Others suggest Leedskalnin had arcane knowledge of magnetism and so-called "earth energies."Īs tempting as it is to view the amazing park through a veil of mystery, in fact we know how the castle was built.
Some say he levitated the blocks with psychic powers, or by singing to the stones. Many stories and wild theories emerged over the decades about Leedskalnin and how he built his castle. (Image credit: Carl Stewart / ) Creating the castle Edward Leedskalnin used these hand tools to single-handedly build the Coral Castle.
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