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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, 1999 Visit

 

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When we took a trip to Centralia in the spring of 1999 this hill side is where most of the visible smoke and steam was coming from.
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We took a closer look.
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Walking carefully we took a look around.

 
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Another of the many
venting cracks in the ground.

 

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Photos by Donald S Hollinger


Photo by Donald S Hollinger

Photo by Donald S Hollinger
Photo by Donald S Hollinger
  

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The old church.
Photo courtesy of:
 Karl Xydexx Jorgensen

Centralia church 
during its demolition in 1997.
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Cut wires that once fed electricity to rows of homes.

  

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Less that 15 years ago there were homes on these blocks.

  

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An old shack.

    

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Notice the few remaining row homes in the background.

      

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These venting gases around these rocks were so super heated 
that at some point they had caught the fallen trees on fire.

    

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Here is another shot of a venting hole around which rocks were too warm to touch.

      

The grim looking image above, taken February of 1999, 
was submitted by Alfonse A. Di Giacomo, Jr
 
    
Ghost Towns
 Visit Ghost Towns across America
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.

 

 Photos continued, please follow this link...
 
  Mine Fire History Mine Fire History Historical Photos
  Pictures From Today Mine Fire Chronology Visiting Centralia
  Centralia Then & Now 360? Virtual Tours Scientific Study
  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.