Photos: Last Week’s Best Centralia Images
We’ve scoured the web to find the best photos and media of Centralia Pennsylvania from the last seven days. If you have anything to share with us, please tweet it to @centralia_pa. Coal piles...
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Bootleg Mining in Centralia Pennsylvania
Bootleg mining was one of the unique issues that complicated efforts to deal with the Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire. As the name suggests, bootleg mining is not an law abiding, state sanctioned form of...
How Hot is the Centralia Mine Fire?
How hot is the temperature of the Centralia mine fire? Hot. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), over the years there have been numerous borehole temperature readings in...
How Long Will Centralia’s Coal Seam Fire Burn?
How long will Centralia’s coal seam fire burn for? In short it’s probably going to continue burning for a really, really long time. The mine fire in Centralia, PA began when the town’s landfill...
Centralia Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal
For Centralia, Pennsylvania, coal was both its fortune and its downfall. There are actually two types of coal in Pennsylvania – anthracite and bituminous. Anthracite is the type of coal which is located in...
