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- Katie Waldeck
- February 28, 2012
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Centralia, Penn.
In 1962, a mine fire started in Centralia, Penn., and, 50 years later, it’s still burning. It is believed that city workers set a heap of trash on fire in an abandoned mine, and that heap was not properly extinguished. For decades, the city tried to put out the fire to no avail. After extremely unsafe levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide were detected, and a 12-year-old boy that fell into a fire-created sinkhole in his backyard became a national news story, Congress allocated $42 million in relocation funding in 1984. Most families have since relocated. There are still about 10 residents of Centralia, though they began formal eviction proceedings in 2009.
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Katie Waldeck
Katie is a freelance writer focused on pets, food and women’s issues. A Chicago native and longtime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Katie now lives in Oakland, California.
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Haunting really.
Very interesting indeed.
these places are fascinating! we don't have many in the uk, but i like visiting any i come across. there's something about the paint falling off the walls and the smell that really brings home how short our lives are and that we as individuals live relatively unmarked and unmemorable lives that are easy to forget to the future generations. i'd love to visit some of the old sanitariums and asylums in america. that'd be a dream come true!
Thank you for sharing.
I find places like this to be so sad--all those people, with their hopes and dreams--all gone, all devastated.
I do like ghost houses--now, that's where I like to "get the feel of" a by-gone era--it's like stepping out of "today" and into "yesterday"!
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There is a company conducting due diligence at Six Flags. Depending what the results (available in 2013) will be, Six Flags could be redeveloped as a retail center and entertainment district
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Each photo tells its story of neglect, sadness, tragedy, and behind each photo are the stories of countless people.
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