

Hoyt Fields stated that Hearst Castle was built of reinforced concrete and had their own plant on the hilltop by importing sand including beach sand. Another secret of Hearst Castle is that Julia Morgan produced the castle cement right on site. Hoyt Fields stated that there are 400 visitors in the main house Casagrande and not one bit of structural damage have occurred. Hoyt Fields shows the outdoor pools which referred to as Neptune Pool that have a concrete box surrounding it and explains that the suspension of the pool is like suspension of the ceilings in all rooms where they bear no weight and in an earthquake, the ceilings will float like the same as the pool while the structure around it is taking the blunt of whatever comes alone.Ī 6.5 earthquake struck the castle in 2003 which put Morgan's construction methods to the test. The show gave information that its construction begun in 1919 and was considered a masterpiece of earthquake resistant design thanks to a technique by Architect Julia Morgan which was to build ceilings that hang from hidden anchors and boxes, separated from the rooms it cover so it float during the earthquake. Hoyt Fields stated that Hearst Castle is one of the six homes Mr. It was introduced in 15 years after people when Hearst Castle, one of America's most lavish homes and built for publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst in San Simeon, California, has an engineering secret that may keep it standing tall after people. Hearst Castle is featured in Home Wrecked Home. Today, Hearst Castle is a museum open to the public as a California State Park and registered as a National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark. Conceived by William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and his architect Julia Morgan, the castle was built between 19. Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada, is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California.
