Tag Archives: Centralia Scorched earth and smoking coal cover the landscape on a hill side in Centralia, PA. In 1962, a group of volunteer fireman in Centralia were hired to burn some municipal trash in an open landfill in one of the town’s cemeteries. What they didn’t know is that the landfill had a coal seem that met...  Odd Fellows Cemetery in Centralia, PA. In 1962, a group of volunteer fireman in Centralia were hired to burn some municipal trash in an open landfill next to this cemetery. What they didn’t know is that the landfill had a coal seem that met the surface and the burning trash ignited the coal, starting an...  These are the decaying remains of the miner’s wash house in Byrnesville, Pennsylvania. The wash house was part of the Raven Run Coal Company. The building was once used as a garage for the company ambulance, a lamp house that serviced miner’s lamps used in the mines and a place for miners to wash after... |
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