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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
 

















 

Other Information Resources and Sites Surrounding Centralia, PA

CentraliaMineFire.com - Website of David DeKok, the author of the fascinating book Unseen Danger: A Tragedy of People, Government, and the Centralia Mine Fire.  A must read for anyone interested in knowing the read story behind the Centralia disaster.

To Read a segment from the book, follow this link.

 
  
 

A Look at the Centralia Coal Mine Fire
By Johnathan F. Beltz - March 13, 1998

The Centralia Project
An nicely done documentation of one persons visit to Centralia.

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Coal Region!
This web site is a collection of nostalgia and regionalisms from the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania. Home of the CoalSpeak dictionary, recipes from the Coal Stove, famous CoalCrackers , the Coal Region Guestbook, Message Board and lots more!

Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania
by Renee Jacobs - Published by University of PA Press (1985) Book is out of print but may be available here.

CentraliaPA.com website
You have to look carefully for the Centralia information.  The site is a little distracting but there is some good information hidden in there.

Exploring & Modern Ruins
Karl Xydexx Jorgensen Exploring Modern Ruins

Nathan Online Digital Video - Centralia, PA - Modern Day Ghost Town
http://www.nathanonline.com/dv_centralia.html  
  
REMEMBERING BYRNESVILLE, PA. 1856 - 1996 (COLUMBIA COUNTY)
Byrnesville was a small village just south of Centralia that is now extinct because of the Centralia fire. These links give some insight of this little community from a local resident of Byrnersville.
http://hometown.aol.com/mpreil/index.html
http://hometown.aol.com/mpreil/page1.html
 
A Slideshow presentation of Centralia by Dr. Fullerm of the Susquehanna University Table of Contents - http://www.susqu.edu/geology/research/centralia/450/Centralia/sld001.htm  

Centralia Pictures by Dave Markowski / Locobokeh Photography

Centralia Photography by Bill Tobin - Also check out his other great photos

 

 
    
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.

 

For further information About Centralia's Story see:

Unseen Danger: A Tragedy of People, Government, and the Centralia Mine Fire by David DeKok, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.   I've been informed by David Dekok that his book is back in print and in available online at Amazon.com online bookstores.
For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
    

The Real Disaster Is Above Ground: A Mine Fire and Social Conflict
by J. Stephen Kroll-Smith, Stepehn Couch 
For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
   

Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania by Renee Jacobs 
For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
    

Centralia (Images of America: Pennsylvania)
by Deryl B. Johnson 
For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
    

Lauren Wolk - Those Who Favor the Fire
Published in 1998 by Random House. It is the story of a fictitious town called "Belle Haven." Anyone familiar with the story of Centralia will recognize the chronology and perhaps even some of the characters. For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
 
  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
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  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.