Centralia, PA - Links

Here is additional information about Centralia and the surrounding area.

Books

• DeKok, David. Unseen Danger : A Tragedy of People, Government, and the Centralia Mine Fire.
• DeKok, David. Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy Of The Centralia Mine Fire
• Jacobs, Renee. Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania.
• Johnson, Deryl B. Centralia, PA - Images of America
• Kroll-Smith, J. Stephen and Couch, Stephen Robert. The Real Disaster is Above Ground: A Mine Fire & Social Conflict.
• Perkel, Chris & Roland, Georgie. The Town That Was (DVD)
• Quigley, Joan. The Day the Earth Caved In
• Shecktor, Andrew. Centralia, PA: Devil's Fire
• Thomas, W.M. Centralia: The Rise and Fall of Pennsylvania's Most Notorious Town

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Centralia

• www.centraliapa.com - Ritamarie Long's website, which has an amazing panoramic photo of Centralia circa 1983, and rosters of former residents of Centralia and Brynesville.
• Town Atop a Burning Coal Mine - Roadside America's page about Centralia.
• Place Taste and The Taste of Place - An article by John B. Krygier, published in Globehead! The Journal of Extreme Geography (Volume 1: Thing 2, 1995).
• Centralia, Pennsylvania - An offroad site with a collection of pictures they've taken themselves (and many they've taken from other Centralia sites on the web...)
• Centralia Visit, July 1999 - Tom Gryn's page about his visit to Centralia, complete with pictures and descriptions.

Brynesville

• Byrnesville, PA Resource Guide - Byrnesville was the town just south of Centralia, also abandoned because of the fire.
• Byrnesville, PA - Mike Reilley's page on Brynesville, complete with pictures of the town before and after.