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Miraculous Spiral Staircase (St. Joseph, Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

CHAPTER

The Miracle Staircase

Engineers can't see inside the stairway to see how it was assembled, but it's light framed wood construction probably would not meet today's building codes. Rafe Jones with Chavano architectural millwork in Montrose, Colorado said he saw a French influence, but was deferential in miracles. The current group of 21st century stair builders were extremely impressed, but they didn't think that the staircase was displaying supernatural qualities we couldn't reproduce today.

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