The Mystery of Coral Castle
How And Why Edward Leedskalnin Built A Stone Castle With No Machines
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5 min readSep 9, 2021
The Man of Coral Castle
According to Wikipedia, between 1923 and 1951, a diminutive Floridian single-handedly and without heavy machinery moved 1,000 tons of limestone, creating out of it a castle. Very little is known of the mysterious creator of the Coral Castle, Ed Leedskalnin.
Born in Riga, Latvia, in 1887 to a family of stonemasons, Ed immigrated to the U.S. sometime around 1913 after his fiancée broke off their engagement.
During about with tuberculosis around 1919, he moved to Florida, where magnets were used to treat his condition.
- After buying a parcel of land in Florida City, Florida, Ed began to work on the Castle.
The History of Ed Leedskalnin
Wearing leather gloves, Leedskalnin began the work on the castle base, working three hours a day, seven days a week for years. His first assignment was to grind through 2,800 tons of…
