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Memories of Centralia
 
   
Knoebels Amusement Park (only 15 miles from Centralia!) 
 Ghost Towns
 Area 51 - Groom Lake
 Abandoned PA Turnpike
 Defunct Amusement Parks
 Abandoned Places

  

Photo Updates:


Centralia in HDR

Zeisloft's Mobil
Gas Station

July 5th 2008
Centralia PA

Centralia PA 2008
January Photos and 
commentary by
Donald Davis


2006 Photos


2005 Photos
of Centralia

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 2004 Photos
of Centralia


2003 photos
of Centralia

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2002 photos
of Centralia

360 Degree Virtual Tours of Centralia PA
 

Fire In The Hole
by Kristie Betts
A fictional story based on Centralia
 

The Little
Town That Was
by Donald Hollinger

 

Looking for 
a reason to 
visit Centralia?
Plan your visit around one of Pennsylvania's best kept secrets located only 15 miles up the road from Centralia.

Knoebels
Amusement Park

Click Below for
 more details...

Knoebels
Amusement Park

 

And Yet, Centralia  
Still Burns Today
A Look at the Centralia Coal Mine Fire

By Johnathan F. Beltz
March 13, 1998
 
   
  

Centralia Links

A list of links not used in the report, but that are related to Centralia, PA

Offroaders.com section on Centralia

 

 

     

    

  

Other Interesting Things

 

 

So you want to Visit Centralia PA?  What you should know before you go.
  
  Books about Centralia
  Maps of Centralia
  Around Town Today
  Local Attractions
 
   
 
  Personal Notes
  Additional Reading
  Haunted Centralia?
 
  Gerry McWilliams and
   the album "Centralia"
 
  Silent Hill Inspiration
  Other Mine Fires
  Search Centralia
  Centralia Sites/Books
  
 
  Centralia Infrared


Centralia PA in B&W Infrared
Infrared Photography
by Donald Davis

Video Tour
in Infrared of
Centralia PA
 by Donald Davis

  

The Little Town That Was
by Donald Hollinger
 

Silent Hill & Centralia Centralia PA inspires screenwriter Roger Avary during the making of the movie Silent Hill Read More Here...
  
Made in U.S.A. - 1987 movie that was filmed on location in Centralia PA See the opening Scene that started in Centralia during the peek of the mine fire disaster


 

RESIDENTS TO SAVE THE BOROUGH OF CENTRALIA - FACT SHEET #6 - MARCH 1984 - This "Fact Sheet" was transcribed from a photocopied, original March 1984 newsletter from a Centralia organization called "Residents To Save The Borough Of Centralia".  Read the News Letter here

130th Anniversary of the 1877 Shamokin Uprising and the Great Railroad Strike .. Read More

Centralia Today
A Photo Documentary
of Centralia today.

 

Is Centralia Haunted?
Explore the possibility

  
Mine Emergency Response Program
Details from the
Saskatchewan
Mine Rescue Manual
  
  

Is there Hope
for Centralia?

Maybe...

Through the use of Nitrogen-Enhanced foam the Pinnacle mine fire was extinguished by Cummins Industries, Inc.  Cummins proposes to tackle the Centralia Mine fire and bring an end to the 
40 plus year fire.

Read this White Paper which evaluates the effectiveness of remotely applied nitrogen-enhanced foam to aid in efforts to isolate and suppress a mine fire.