Interior Stairs

this kind of stone (non poreous) maybe marble ..., would be immune to the insidious nature of water.
Was this a basement entry...leading from the river to the upper levels? Or a tomb in Egypt? Naw, there is a window there. Definitly American!

It looks like concrete that's cracking from the environment. Still looks pretty sturdy.

It was underwater, don't you agree, ah, er, Nauseous? ( where'd you find that moniker?)

NOW THATS A STAIRCASE!

ever see tomb raider? they stole that staircase from Motts!

After reading about the horrible explosions that happened on that island, I'd say those stairs deserve their own special holiday.

its concrete ive worked with it for 20+ years

love these stairs! whooooohooooo

It looks lieke something out of Indiana Jones.

Do you need a boat to get here? Do they give tours? Would just love to visit this place!

This place is beyond sweet. I just sent them an email right now requesting tour information. I'm quite a ways away from NY (5 hours maybe, driving?) but I'd make a special trip just to take a tour of this awesome building!

Hey! I went on the island and I never had the pleasure to see this amazing staircase! :(

This looks likes the Castle's Dunegon to me. I mean the rest of it looks like a Castle, this is the dungeon.

@ quest:
These stairs are not marble, they are poured concrete. Every bit of construction on the island is such, incorporating brick and native stone masonry. Many places you can see the exposed rebar and lathe reinforcement of the structural elements where the concrete has weathered and failed.
At no time was this under water; if it had been, it would have been a flood of Biblical proportions, as this level where the pic is taken is at least 40 or 50 feet above the river's level (by my closest guess, possibly even higher. )

This particular staircase is not far up from the moat, a few doors up on the left as you ascend the main street. It connects a few levels of inns, and this very spot I had found various buttons and buckles in the rotting detritus which accumulates there. This chamber also contained a bedframe, and others were to be found in other rooms.

@ Nevermore:
Indeed, it resembles a dungeon, but in fact was lodging for visitors. When I was a kid roaming these catacombs, I used to imagine crawling through the corresponding vias in an Egyptian pyramid, or a Mayan temple. The feel of this place is quite eerie, it is deathly quiet and very damp, although as you can see it is relatively well lit.

@Nancy:
Yes, you do need a boat to get there, and a very small one at that. The landing is silted in, extremely weedy, and barely 4-5 feet deep even at high tide.


It depresses me to see the graffiti on the wall in this picture; this place was virtually devoid of such vandalism when last I saw it.

Marble is a porous stone.

This place looks like it would have a scooby-doo ghost in it.