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Panoramic Virtual Tours:

Mine Fire Hot Spot
Downtown Centralia Mainstreet Centralia Damaged Hillside

 
 
   
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

July 2006 360? Virtual Tour of Downtown Centralia PA

Centralia's Neighbor:
Byrnesville, Pa

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

 

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.

 

Mine Emergency Response Program
Details from the
Saskatchewan
Mine Rescue Manual
 

















 

Centralia Pennsylvania

Historical Photographs 
of the Centralia area. 

Click on the pictures for larger images.
Photos sent in by Robert Evans, Hazleton PA. (unless otherwise noted)

 

Centralia Pennsylvania - 1962

 

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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

 
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  Satellite, Aerial Photos Downtown Panoramic Centralia Books

  

Other Interesting Things

 

 


 

So you want to Visit Centralia PA?  What you should know before you go to Centralia PA.

 

The Real Disaster Is Above Ground: A Mine Fire and Social Conflict

 


















 

What's near 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

 


Silent Hill & Centralia
Centralia PA inspires screenwriter Roger Avary during the making of the movie Silent Hill.
Read More Here...

 

Remembering ...
Byrnesville PA
By Mike Reilley

 
  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
  
Panoramic Virtual Tours:
Mine Fire Hot Spot
Downtown Centralia Mainstreet Centralia Damaged Hillside
  
 
  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
 
  
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

 
 

 

Is Centralia Haunted?
Explore the possibility

 
The Real Disaster Is Above Ground: A Mine Fire and Social Conflict
 
  

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.