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A spiral staircase at Loretto Chapel in [[Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico]], was built without any support, nails, or the use of any power tools. It does two full turns to reach a [[choir]] loft 22 feet above. Its builder was an unknown visitor to the Chapel around 1880, who worked without pay and apparently used spruce wood not available in the area. This helix staircase was featured on an ''Unsolved Mysteries'' television episode, and is widely discussed on the [[internet]]. | A spiral staircase at Loretto Chapel in [[Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico]], was built without any support, nails, or the use of any power tools. It does two full turns to reach a [[choir]] loft 22 feet above. Its builder was an unknown visitor to the Chapel around 1880, who worked without pay and apparently used spruce wood not available in the area. This helix staircase was featured on an ''Unsolved Mysteries'' television episode, and is widely discussed on the [[internet]]. | ||
{{cquote|Three mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel: the identity of its builder, the type of wood used, and the physics of its construction.<ref>https://www.lorettochapel.com/info/staircase</ref>}} | {{cquote|Three mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel: the identity of its builder, the type of wood used, and the physics of its construction.<ref>https://www.lorettochapel.com/info/staircase</ref>}} | ||
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This spiral staircase is analogous to the [[Epistles to the Hebrews]], which is written in perfect, magnificent [[Greek]] by an unknown author. Today the spiral staircase is a marvel of carpentry that would be exceedingly difficult to match even with the use of modern equipment, let alone with merely pegs and glue by a single carpenter in 1880. | This spiral staircase is analogous to the [[Epistles to the Hebrews]], which is written in perfect, magnificent [[Greek]] by an unknown author. Today the spiral staircase is a marvel of carpentry that would be exceedingly difficult to match even with the use of modern equipment, let alone with merely pegs and glue by a single carpenter in 1880. | ||
This spectacular spiral staircase is a central attraction for visitors to Santa Fe today, and the location of special events such as weddings. | This spectacular spiral staircase is a central attraction for visitors to Santa Fe today, and the location of special events such as weddings. | ||
== Mysterious wood == | == Mysterious wood == | ||
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{{cquote|[T]he manager of the privately owned chapel (1991-2006), Richard Lindsley, took a piece of wood from the staircase and sent it for analysis to find out what kind of wood it was. When the results came back, they showed that it was spruce, but of an unknown subspecies. This specific wood was very strong with molecules dense and square which is something that you usually find in trees that grow very slowly in very cold places – like Alaska. However there was no such wood in the area and no local trees grow in the Alpine tundra (approximately 2,000 to 3,000 meters) in the surrounding area. The closest place that he would find this density in trees was in Alaska, but of course back then transport was not the same as it is now and wood was not transported over such long distances.<ref>https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/mysterious-helix-staircase-loretto-chapel-001295</ref>}} | {{cquote|[T]he manager of the privately owned chapel (1991-2006), Richard Lindsley, took a piece of wood from the staircase and sent it for analysis to find out what kind of wood it was. When the results came back, they showed that it was spruce, but of an unknown subspecies. This specific wood was very strong with molecules dense and square which is something that you usually find in trees that grow very slowly in very cold places – like Alaska. However there was no such wood in the area and no local trees grow in the Alpine tundra (approximately 2,000 to 3,000 meters) in the surrounding area. The closest place that he would find this density in trees was in Alaska, but of course back then transport was not the same as it is now and wood was not transported over such long distances.<ref>https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/mysterious-helix-staircase-loretto-chapel-001295</ref>}} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 16:57, April 14, 2019
A spiral staircase at Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was built without any support, nails, or the use of any power tools. It does two full turns to reach a choir loft 22 feet above. Its builder was an unknown visitor to the Chapel around 1880, who worked without pay and apparently used spruce wood not available in the area. This helix staircase was featured on an Unsolved Mysteries television episode, and is widely discussed on the internet.
| “ | Three mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel: the identity of its builder, the type of wood used, and the physics of its construction.[1] | ” |
This spiral staircase is analogous to the Epistles to the Hebrews, which is written in perfect, magnificent Greek by an unknown author. Today the spiral staircase is a marvel of carpentry that would be exceedingly difficult to match even with the use of modern equipment, let alone with merely pegs and glue by a single carpenter in 1880.
This spectacular spiral staircase is a central attraction for visitors to Santa Fe today, and the location of special events such as weddings.
Mysterious wood
| “ | [T]he manager of the privately owned chapel (1991-2006), Richard Lindsley, took a piece of wood from the staircase and sent it for analysis to find out what kind of wood it was. When the results came back, they showed that it was spruce, but of an unknown subspecies. This specific wood was very strong with molecules dense and square which is something that you usually find in trees that grow very slowly in very cold places – like Alaska. However there was no such wood in the area and no local trees grow in the Alpine tundra (approximately 2,000 to 3,000 meters) in the surrounding area. The closest place that he would find this density in trees was in Alaska, but of course back then transport was not the same as it is now and wood was not transported over such long distances.[2] | ” |