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Centralia PA 2008
January Photos and 
commentary by
Donald Davis


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2005 Photos
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2004 Photos
of Centralia


2003 photos

of Centralia

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2002 photos

of Centralia

 

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

 

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

 

Centralia Pennsylvania

Historical Photographs 
of the Centralia area. 

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Photos sent in by Robert Evans, Hazleton PA. (unless otherwise noted)

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These two pictures above and below were taken in the early 60's.   
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Centralia High School, 1912

  

  

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Passenger and Freight Depot, Photo taken in 1914

  

  

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Russian Orthodox Church, East Park St. 1940

  

  

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Crossing at North Locust Ave, 1905

 

 

 
Postcard of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Passenger and Freight Depot, circa 1914

 

 


Postcard of Methodist Episcopal Church located on Center Street.

 

 

 

 

Postcard of the Centralia PA Public High School.

 

Centralia postcard with a view of Centralia circa 1906.
This view is looking from southeast to northwest.
Postcard submitted by Carry Bender

 

 


Russian Orthodox Church, Centralia PA
Postcard submitted by Hal "Rakovsky" Albert Smith

1926 Coal Strike by Hal Albert Smith

 

  

  

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Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1963

  

  

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Methodist Episcopal Church, West Center St. 1914

  

  

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Locust Ave looking North, 1910

  

  

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Locust Ave looking South, 1915

 

 

Centralia PA, circa 1906

  

  

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J.M. Freck & Company Centralia Colliery, 1864

  

  

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North Ashland Colliery at Buck's Patch, 1894

  

  

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Lehigh Valley Coal Company, Centralia Colliery, 1928

  

  

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Hazel Dell Slope, Lance Coal Company, 1962

 

 

The Centralia Colliery breaker and engine house in 1889. The scene is overlooking the town of Centralia below.

  

  

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Coal strip Mining in Centralia, 1963

  

  

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First Mine Fire Project, Labor Day 1962

 


 

  

Other Interesting Things

 


 

 

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  Books about Centralia
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Centralia PA inspires the making of the movie Silent Hill
Read More Here...


 

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.