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JiggsCasey · 05-14-2006, 04:41 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

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A trash fire was lit in the borough landfill located in an abandoned mine pit in the southeast portion of Centralia in 1962. The fire ignited an exposed vein of coal, and spread throughout the mines beneath the borough. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to extinguish the fire. It continued to burn throughout the 1960s and 1970s. During this time, several people reported experiencing adverse health effects from the carbon monoxide produced by the fire.
During the 1970s, people became aware of the scale of the problem when a gas-station owner happened to insert a stick into one of his underground tanks to check the fuel level. When he withdrew it, it seemed hot, so he tried lowering a thermometer down on a string and was shocked to discover that the temperature of the gasoline in the tank was 180 degrees Fahrenheit (82.2°C). Shortly after this incident, attention to the fire began to increase.
In 1981, 12-year-old Todd Domboski fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened beneath his feet. He was saved after a relative pulled him out of the hole, which was estimated to be hundreds of feet deep. The incident brought national attention to Centralia, and in 1984, Congress allocated more than $40 million for relocation efforts. Most of the residents accepted the buy-out offers and moved to nearby Mount Carmel and Ashland.
A few families opted to stay, despite warnings from state officials. In 1992, Pennsylvania claimed eminent domain on all properties in the borough, condemning all the buildings within the borough. A subsequent legal battle waged by residents with the state was unsuccessful. In 2002 the US Postal Service revoked the borough's Zip Code, 17927.

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Only a handful of homes remain in Centralia, and are still occupied. All the other homes and buildings have been razed, and at casual glance the area now appears to be a meadow with several paved streets through it, and some areas are being filled with new-growth forest. Most of Centralia's roads and sidewalks are overgrown with brush, although most areas are mowed. See this TerraServer aerial image of the town, taken in April 1999. The remaining church in the borough holds weekly Saturday night services, and the borough's four cemeteries are still well-maintained. Centralia's cemeteries now have a far greater population than the town, including one on the hilltop that has smoke rising around and out of it.
The only signs of the fire, which underlies some 400 acres (1.6 km²), spreading along four fronts, are low round metal steam vents in the south of the borough. Additional smoke and steam can be seen coming from an abandoned portion of State Route 61, which was closed in the 1990s after several large cracks appeared on the road, as well as from the area just behind the hilltop cemetery, and from various other cracks in the ground scattered about the area. However, the underground fire is still burning, and will continue to do so for at least 100 years. There are no current plans to extinguish the fire, which is consuming an eight-mile seam with enough coal to fuel it for 250 years (Krajick 2005).
The State of Pennsylvania did not renew the relocation contract at the end of 2005, and the fate of the remaining residents is uncertain. (2006 newspaper article.)
It is expected that many former residents will return in 2016 to open a time capsule buried in 1966 next to the veterans' memorial (Krajick 2005).

These are scans from pics i took with a 35mm.
Overview of whats left.

Part of the old rt 61. the road buckled and opened up.

JiggsCasey · 05-14-2006, 04:43 PM

hauptmann · 05-14-2006, 04:50 PM

Excellent thread topic & good pics too. I read a bunch on this and saw a special on the history channel. I thought it was very interesting. I wonder if this expands their growing season at all.

Reading about this always reminds me of that movie with Chevy Chase, John Candy, Demi Moore & Dan Aykroyd, "Nothing But Trouble".

What brought you to the town?

JiggsCasey · 05-14-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by hauptmann

Excellent thread topic & good pics too. I read a bunch on this and saw a special on the history channel. I thought it was very interesting. I wonder if this expands their growing season at all.

Reading about this always reminds me of that movie with Chevy Chase, John Candy, Demi Moore & Dan Aykroyd, "Nothing But Trouble".

What brought you to the town?

thanks.

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Centralia was the inspiration for the movie adaptation of the game Silent Hill.

My grandfather lives 14miles away. and about 5 years ago he drove us through the town and told us the story. and ever since then ive always wanted to go back and look around.
and fridaynight the girlfriend and i just decided to leave and make the trip. we spent basically 25hrs in the car for 45mins of walking around. its all fun. ill drive anywere.

Ir0n_mE · 05-14-2006, 05:11 PM

Wow quite amazing. I had never heard of this before.

3dnuggets · 05-14-2006, 06:37 PM

Also theres a story written by Dean koontz in his book Strange Highways that Takes Place in a town in Pa Based on this town

homemadebubbler · 05-14-2006, 08:46 PM

Thats pretty cool. I wonder how far I am from it. I'd love to go check it out.

Was it easy to get in and stuff? Could you drive into the actual town?

Anyway, cool stuff man. Very interesting

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