#Centralia Pennsylvania

[evilsecretshopper]

killed for coal

centralia, pa

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Silent Hill (2006, Christophe Gans)

11/05/2024

[britcision]

HOLY SHIT GUYS I WENT TO GOOGLE AND CAME BACK BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL FUCKING LIVED THERE????

Four people in 2021, according to the census, but HOLY SHIT

In 2013 people who’d left won a court case to get to go back???? After being evicted in 1992 when the government said “ours now” they buckled the fuck down and said “bet???” And then 2013 the government said “fuck it fine you can stay til you die”

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Say in the tags what you voted for and if you live in or outside of the US

[viksalos]

Collection of Pennsylvania churches--Pittsburgh, New Baltimore, Mount Carmel, Centralia.

(more photography)

[bl4z33467]

DEAR ALL PA FURRIES. WE SHOULD JOIN TOGETHER AND TAKE CENTRALIA FOR OUR KINGDOM. I DONT KNOW WHAT WE WILL BE CALLED BUT SOMETHING WITH FIRE AND FURRIES.

[vyva-melinkolya]

Centralia PA

[kaylarilyn]

Cemetery in Centralia PA 🦇

[shslscumbag]

[jtownraindancer]

History has shown that it is not whether a disaster will strike a town, but when. If it is not a mine fire, it is living in the shadow of Three Mile Island. Or in a community with a tainted water supply. Or the ghastly horror of Bhopal.

Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania by Renée Jacobs, 1986.

[magiccheesecube]

[i-love-books-because-reasons]

CENTRALIA, PA - America's Burning Ghost Town (Documentary)

[blackvelvetofnight]

lingua ignota has this ability through music to show a person who's faith has become so all consuming that it has utterly destroyed them and the life they have built, but they see this as a victory. to burn their home to the ground with their family inside and seek praise for their devotion. the tragedy of annihilation through religion.

[darkredlightyears]

Cool coaster I bought, in remembrance of Graffiti Highway in Centralia, PA. It is disgusting how they covered it up.

[mrsparrot]

Olive Payne • Centralia, 2019

[uncle-norm]

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[jtownraindancer]

Local here, cutting in just in case you were planning a visit!

Grafitti Highway has since been covered and the cops patrol the area like crazy now, with a hefty fine for trespassing. Most of the area is overgrown anymore & all but a handful of buildings have been knocked down.

The Greek Orthodox Church and two cemeteries still remain, but that's about it for "sightseeing."

If you're in the area though and curious about the history of the region and Centralia especially, Ashland's Pioneer Tunnel has a mine tour & a short steam train ride partially around the mountain (may have been extended since I last stopped in).

There also the Big Mine Run Geyser, just a short drive further into the woods. The folks on the backroad are super friendly, and there's a nice grassy area directly by the geyser great for a picnic. Not much for excitement, but a really cool (literally; the humidity out here is brutal) spot to relax for a bit.

My family usually made these two, plus a hike up and down Grafitti Highway, all part of a day trip, ending with a few hours at Knoebels, a free-parking, free-admission, free-entertainment, free-musuems amusement park that was on our commute home.

We've also got quite a few antique shops, several more mining towns you can explore (Shamokin in particular comes to mind; she looks rough but has some amazing food and parks with a lot of good local bands), a red deer farm, a handful of state parks, and so many abandoned mines and houses you wouldn't believe it.

There are ghost stories all up and down these mountains; the tragedy and government bullshit pulled with Centralia is just one of them.

A road leading to the small town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, where an underground fire has been burning since 1962