Sputum - 2011-02-19
Centrailia PA really isn't anything special. I went last month and basically all of the buildings have been razed. The smoke coming out of the ground is a little spooky though.
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RockBolt - 2011-02-19 Just a few years ago there was a lot more there, I think the increased interest after Silent Hill drove all but the last few residents out. The government took down all their monitoring stuff, the mine fire sign, etc. and when the last guy on Locust street finally left last year, the bench and veterans memorial got torn out too, he was the only one maintaining them. Route 61 is COVERED in graffiti now. To really appreciate it now you have to read some of the books about the history of the fire, or if you drove through Ashland picture those dense row house streets on the empty land of Centralia, cause those towns were identical before.
Anyway if anyone is interested here's what it looked like in 2006
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocbolt/sets/72157608316423004/
One less house left in 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocbolt/sets/72157608325357616/
Last time before the Locust street house was demolished in 2009, and one of the mine portals
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocbolt/sets/72157616004133719/
I need to put up some more recent pics, hm. Anyway, I'd also add Coalwood, WV to that list:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocbolt/sets/72157616319636039/
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Toenails - 2011-02-20 Testing to see if the bold font spills into the next reply
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MrBuddy - 2011-02-20 I went there back in the 1990s. I wanted to look around more but with the smoke seeping out of cracks in the ground and stories of people falling into holes that would randomly open under them I decided to leave.
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Mother_Puncher - 2011-02-19
I saw a bunch of pictures from the Japanese island/city. Shit would be awesome to explore but living there would suck pretty bad.
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Mother_Puncher - 2011-02-19 I heard japanese sweetislandville was totally closed to the public and going there requires timing and bribing sailors. Id love to explore it.
On this note, there is an old abandoned mining town not too far from here. I saw it only once and the shells of buildings are overgrown but I'm going to try to find it again and take some exploration pics. It's way back in the mountains too so I doubt its been razed to the ground.
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Toenails - 2011-02-19
Kansas has it's fair share of "ghost towns" but:
1.) They only have one rickety house still standing, if you are lucky. Otherwise, they are all foundations.
2.) They wouldn't even qualify as a town. A settlement of seven log cabins does not make a town Mr. "Ghost Towns of Kansas" book!
3.) They exist on a land that is privately owned by a farmer, so you either have to already know the guy or be exceptionally sweet to him. Do not trespass, especially if the remnants are near his ammonia tanks, cause that fucker will SHOOT YOU IN THE FACE!
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Innocent Bystander - 2011-02-20
I really like the British sea forts on stilts. Looks ripe for use in some kinda crazy science-fiction thinger.
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1394 - 2011-02-20
They forgot Detroit
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