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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

 

Additional Centralia Reading

Articles and Information related to the Centralia Mine Fire

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".  This newsletter provides an interesting perspective into the struggle of the residents of Centralia and the Centralia Mine Fire.   Read the Fact Sheet that includes Borehole readings and accompanying borehole map.   Read: 
FACT SHEET #6 - MARCH 1984

An Excellent Essay by Robert Keller Fetterman
Born in Centralia PA, Robert Fetterman writes about his memories and recounts many interesting facts of Centralia past, present and future.  Must Reading!   Read the Essay

Byrnesville, Pennsylvania - Byrnesville was a small community location just south of the town of Centralia Pennsylvania.   Byrnesville was completely dismantled by 1996 due to the effects of the Centralia Mine Fire.  Read more about Byrnesville Here.

Coal town bank tells story of Centralia, Pa. By Richard McDonnell.

A Brief History of The Centralia Mine Fire
(Borough of Centralia, Columbia County) February 1996

NEWS RELEASE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dept. of Environmental Protection

Commonwealth News Bureau

A very informative study by Matt Livingood, a Senior undergraduate student at West Chester University in the Environmental Geoscience program.

Dept. of Environmental Protection News Release

450 Report by Dr. Fullerm of the Susquehanna University

Centralia on MySpace by our very own Mine Fire Joe

The Great Centralia Fire of 1908

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

  
Other Links of Interesting
 
    
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.

  
Ghost Towns
Abandoned PA Turnpike
  
Defunct Amusement Parks
Abandoned Places
  
Knoebels Amusement Park
 

 

 

       

 


 

  

Other Interesting Things

 


 

 

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