My Great grandparents were apparently coal miners in Newcastle England. They moved down to Nottingham when my Grandma was 5 because apparently the mine In Newcastle used to flood from the river and they were getting trench foot.
Not sure how true all that is since my Grandma was 5 and her memory is sketchy nowadays.
Great interview! I pass through Centralia twice a year. There are two areas of steam that still exist today. One just a few feet north of the St Ignatius Cemetery and an area of steaming cliffs just east of Centralia off of Big Mine Run Rd. I did carbon monoxide tests in both areas and no CO was recorded which means it is either residual heat or the fire is far away. There is another fire burning 2 miles east of Centralia too, just a mile west of Raven Run. It may or may not connected
I've been to Centralia 3 times. It's pretty wild. They even had to reroute the highway around the town cause the section through town was collapsing. I've walked the old highway and walked through the neighborhoods. There's steam vents all over. You can feel the warmth and feel the moisture on your hand by the vent. People have been dumping trash there for decades, and it all just slowly cooks itself. The ground surface isn't warm to the touch, only near the vents. But there have been local collapses. I think a few people have fallen in over the years. Bodies in the cemeteries burned up, some were relocated. The entire area is really unsafe just to walk around. The last few residents were forced out only a few years back. The only thing left in the town, ironically, is an active fire station (at least it was active last time I was there).
My Great grandparents were apparently coal miners in Newcastle England. They moved down to Nottingham when my Grandma was 5 because apparently the mine In Newcastle used to flood from the river and they were getting trench foot.
Not sure how true all that is since my Grandma was 5 and her memory is sketchy nowadays.
did he just say 26.5 inches of coal is floor to ceiling ? lmfao
Great interview! I pass through Centralia twice a year. There are two areas of steam that still exist today. One just a few feet north of the St Ignatius Cemetery and an area of steaming cliffs just east of Centralia off of Big Mine Run Rd. I did carbon monoxide tests in both areas and no CO was recorded which means it is either residual heat or the fire is far away. There is another fire burning 2 miles east of Centralia too, just a mile west of Raven Run. It may or may not connected
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I've been to Centralia 3 times. It's pretty wild. They even had to reroute the highway around the town cause the section through town was collapsing. I've walked the old highway and walked through the neighborhoods. There's steam vents all over. You can feel the warmth and feel the moisture on your hand by the vent. People have been dumping trash there for decades, and it all just slowly cooks itself. The ground surface isn't warm to the touch, only near the vents. But there have been local collapses. I think a few people have fallen in over the years. Bodies in the cemeteries burned up, some were relocated. The entire area is really unsafe just to walk around. The last few residents were forced out only a few years back. The only thing left in the town, ironically, is an active fire station (at least it was active last time I was there).