A new section will be coming soon. 

About a week ago, I took a trip to Centralia, PA. Town that no longer exists, at least according to official sources. Located in central Pennsylvania, about 40-50 miles northwest from Philadelphia, Centralia is the site of an underground fire. Official version is that someone burned down a pile of trash on top of a coal seam. Fire started. Authorities tried to extinguish it numerous times, but were unsuccessful. Town no longer exists. Only a single house remains, but allowed to remain there only because it has no basement. House’s mailing address says either Mt Carmel or Ashland, not too sure. 

Photos are unlikely to grab as much attention as my Chernobyl trip pictures, there’s no abandoned town, no recognizable silhouette of world-famous powerplant, but mostly pictures of ground, drillholes, active natural smoke vents, unusual ice formations, along with a commentary

 

I was lucky enough to run into a Penn State professor, who studied the area, while I was there. I found out numerous facts, and will try to relay it to everyone here as well, if I don’t forget them. 

 

Like with my Chernobyl site, any comments are always welcome, any corrections to my posts would be highly appreciated as well.

 

Yuriy