Centralia, PA

A quick visit to famous Centralia, PA while visiting the region this past summer for work on my essay on contemporary coal mining. Check out the stills here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonman24/sets/

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Centralia
• PA
• anthracite
• coal
• mining
• ghostown
• underground
• fires

[erinandcompany]

There are quite a few burning still today in PA, people walk over fires and never know. Look at our roads. Subsidence is something almost to be expected. Most of our mine fires are not quite to the scale of that of Centralia, thank God, but much of PA's coal is bithuminous, or however you spell that. See what these toxic gasses will do to the part of your brain that tries to spell? Anyway, anthrocite's hard to ignite, but once lit, even harder to put out.

[coalminergroupie]

Christian, I'm really looking forward to your first feature documentary, because I still say you know how to capture the feel of the region so well.

:)

[newsgodaz]

nice job. it amazes me just how long some PA mine fires can burn.

[ugmbanks]

Nice Christian