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Photo Updates:

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

 

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

The following set of pictures were snapped over 
the past few years by friends from Limerick PA. 
Thanks Heather and Russ.

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Looking north from Rt. 42.

 

 

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A picture of the closed section of Rt. 61.

 

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A couple of abandoned homes. Click the picture to zoom in.

 

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Looking down towards the center of town.

 

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This street was once lined with homes and businesses.

 

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One of the few remaining abandoned homes.  This home no longer stands

 

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Here is an old fence from the church yard. The Church no longer stands.  You can see the smoke escaping from the ground below the tree.

 
 
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Former location of a  gas station.

 

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In this shot the the smoke is so dense that the road is virtually impassable.

 

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Heavy smoke near the cemeteries.

 
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From the hillside looking down on the town of Centralia.  Notice the smoke on the opposite valley.  Click the image to zoom in on the town.

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An old faded street sign.

 

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This picture was take from the opposite side of town from the burning area. 
Click the picture to zoom in .

 

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Ghost Towns
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Abandoned PA Turnpike
Did you know Pennsylvania
has an abandoned Turnpike?
Defunct Amusement Parks
Amusement Parks of Yesterday
Abandoned Places
Abandoned Locations from all over
Area 51 - Groom Lake
The Top-secret military base.

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Other Interesting Things

 


 

 

So you want to Visit Centralia PA?  Read this Frequently Asked Question page before you go.
   
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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.