Comments on: An old adventure to Centralia, Pennsylvania – The Burning Ghost Town https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/ Art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond. Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:46:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Catherine https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-267534 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:19:49 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-267534 Just found your blog thanks to a friend’s Facebook post, so I am catching up. Love this one about your experience in Western PA , and like Steve wrote in April of 2010, I have family history in the Eastern part of PA, the Scranton-Wilkes Barre coal seam. My Dad and his family came from England when the mines there were closing, in the 1920s. They settled in Shickshinny, PA, and my grandfather and his brothers worked the coal mines there. Eventually, my grandfather moved the family to Syracuse, NY when he found work on the railroad. But his brothers and their families stayed in PA. Over the years, we heard nightmare stories about sink holes when the old mine shaft beams were rotting out and collapsing. One aunt’s house was declared unsafe as it was on the edge of a sink hole that eventually claimed it. PA never really acted in the best interests of its residents in these matters, although my guess is there were times when the financial situation within the state was shaky because of the closing of the mines meant reducing tax revenues…just a guess, though. I loved this post as it brought back memories of those tales and tales of the years my grandfathers and great-uncles spent in those holes in the ground! My grandfather had black lung and was blind in one eye from a coal fragment. I cannot imagine what that work was like.

]]> By: Rina https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-179125 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:04:44 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-179125 Oh wow! Nice blog post!! I’d love to visit Centralia! I first learned about it when I was reading about the movie Silent hill and they mentioned Centralia as an inspiration for the setting. Ever since then I’ve been almost obsessed with the town and think about it often and look up as many pictures as I can find of it before and after. It’s such an amazing and interesting place!! Gosh :)) It would be soooo cool to visit it.

]]> By: Nicole Perigard https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-65436 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:39:05 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-65436 Came across your blog randomly when researching Centralia, PA after hearing this RadioLab podcast titled “Cities.”

http://www.radiolab.org/2010/oct/08/

The last story is about Centralia. Thought you might enjoy.

Cheers!

]]> By: BEN https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-52281 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:41:53 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-52281 Very cool adventure(Great Pics and Story)!!! I came across the link below and a few google searches later found your story.

Im from Northern California so i wont being thru centralia any time soon, but it is definitely a destination i’d like to see.

http://www.gadling.com/2011/04/27/the-worlds-ten-creepiest-abandoned-cities/

]]> By: Sara Brown https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-8809 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:06:52 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-8809 In reply to Emily.

Thanks,Emily..You are lucky.Also I am Graphic Designer but not Train rider..

]]> By: Emily https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-3573 Wed, 19 May 2010 19:53:07 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-3573 In reply to Al Cyone.

Thanks for the suggestions! The walkway over the Hudson is a good idea, and isn’t too far away from me. I’m hoping in a few weekends I can get over to the Harlem Valley Rail Trail too. So many photo adventure opportunities :D

]]> By: Al Cyone https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-3568 Wed, 19 May 2010 16:13:22 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-3568 For one of your adventures you should come over to our side of the river and visit some of the sites mentioned by Steve in his comment, particularly the D&H Canal Museum in High Falls and the Snyder Estate in Rosendale. The latter was the home of cement magnate, Andrew Snyder and features the Widow Jane Mine. Also in Rosendale is the Wallkill Valley Railroad viaduct, at the northern end of the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail.

Not to be missed is the new Walkway Over the Hudson, New York’s newest State Park and the highest pedestrian bridge in the world. Metro North’s Hudson line will take you there (Poughkeepsie).

]]> By: Tom https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-3085 Thu, 06 May 2010 15:41:45 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-3085 Great post as usual!

]]> By: Emily https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-2713 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:55:46 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-2713 In reply to Sheryl.

I’m thinking it actually is a position in which the townspeople vote, though of course there are very few of them remaining now. Pretty close to being self-appointed anyways.

]]> By: Sheryl https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/04/07/an-old-adventure-to-centralia-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-the-burning-ghost-town/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:10:13 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=2223#comment-2706 Wow! What a cool adventure and crazy story. I am guessing the “Mayor of Centralia” is a self appointed position?

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