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slaptastic 03-25-2010 11:11 AM

Went to Centralia, PA this past weekend.
 
The town was pretty cool with all the steam coming out of the ground. For everyone that doesn't know about Centralia, PA, it use to be a mining town until the dump caught fire and then caught the coal in the mines on fire, and it's been burning ever since. I've also heard that it will burn for something around another 150 years! And here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

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This is the steam that's coming from the fire underground.

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Then we came across some windmills.

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The first one we came across was marked D-28 and counted down from there until it went to D-4. We wanted to see the B's and A's, but we couldn't find them.

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T69SS 03-25-2010 12:07 PM

Very cool photos! That looks like a pretty cool place, I might try to head out there this summer at some point. You are taking all kinds of roadtrips lately...

slaptastic 03-25-2010 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by T69SS (Post 692435)
Very cool photos! That looks like a pretty cool place, I might try to head out there this summer at some point. You are taking all kinds of roadtrips lately...

Yeah, it's getting about that time now that the weather is really nice during the day. I'm actually planning another trip to Breezewood, PA to the abandoned PA turnpike. It looks really cool. There are three tunnels on that section of closed road. Can't wait to go there either.

ShadowHawk 03-25-2010 12:31 PM

Badass!!! This is the place Silent Hill was based off of. My buddy went a few years back & I was pissed he didn't tell me.

Gotta watch that place though, they tell you not to walk or drive there because you could fall into a sink hole at any given moment, seeing as the ground's been baking all these years. And if you fall in it's instant death due to the gas buildup and temperature. I heard if you fall in a sink hole you'll likely be dead before you even hit the bottom.

There are still a few people living there too supposedly, stubborn asses who don't want to leave they're homes. F' THAT!!

sweetbmxrider 03-25-2010 12:47 PM

wow thats pretty cool ****! never knew about it.

edpontiac91 03-25-2010 01:01 PM

It never ceases to amaze me how "Mankind" seems intent on destroying this place we call EARTH. We bomb it/ burn it/ poison it/ cut away the woodland/ make species extinct/ kill one another in the name of their GOD and then wonder if global warming might flood the earth. Now go back, grab a can of car wax and do something mindless and not worry about tomorrow!:mrgreen:

thunder 03-25-2010 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by edpontiac91 (Post 692449)
It never ceases to amaze me how "Mankind" seems intent on destroying this place we call EARTH. We bomb it/ burn it/ poison it/ cut away the woodland/ make species extinct/ kill one another in the name of their GOD and then wonder if global warming might flood the earth. Now go back, grab a can of car wax and do something mindless and not worry about tomorrow!:mrgreen:

thats so cool how far is this place from Nj

mtg6486 03-25-2010 06:13 PM

can you legally go driving there? it looks like a pretty kool place to check out

redsoxsstink 03-25-2010 08:19 PM

seems like you and that jeep are part of that ive been everywhere travelocity commercial. that looks like an awesome place to go to, nice pics to

GrandmasterCow 03-25-2010 08:23 PM

been there on bikes, its really cool to see !

slaptastic 03-25-2010 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by thunder (Post 692450)
thats so cool how far is this place from Nj

Depends on where you live in Jersey. You can take 80 west to 81 south and it's about 20 minutes south on 81 from 80 in PA.

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Originally Posted by mtg6486 (Post 692532)
can you legally go driving there? it looks like a pretty kool place to check out

All the places with the steam and cracked roads yes. Where we were with the Windmills, I don't think so. We took a quad trail and came across the Windmills on accident, lol.

T69SS 03-25-2010 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by slaptastic (Post 692437)
Yeah, it's getting about that time now that the weather is really nice during the day. I'm actually planning another trip to Breezewood, PA to the abandoned PA turnpike. It looks really cool. There are three tunnels on that section of closed road. Can't wait to go there either.

That sounds pretty awesome too!

DAcoatAH 03-25-2010 10:07 PM

that is awsome, i love places like that, any idea how long it would take from central jersey?

Tru2Chevy 03-27-2010 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DAcoatAH (Post 692599)
that is awsome, i love places like that, any idea how long it would take from central jersey?

:google:

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