Centralia
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nice pics stu,havent been by there in years,anyone still living there?while in the area(summer)there is a great oldtime amusement park in ely,knobels,great wooden coasters,free admission,pay as you go.also a tour of the yuengling brewery in pottsville.both places are on rt.61
There is a late 80's, early 90's movie staring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore and Dan Ackrward (spelling), John Candy. It takes place in an abandoned coal mining town off the Atlantic City expressway (obviously not based on a remote facts) In that town a mine fire is burning underground. It was a horror/comedy and not very good.. very weird movie. This thread reminded me of that movie.
Jeff
Jeff
wow,i never saw that movie,coal under the sands,stoke up the pot bellied stove,amazing they would come out with something like that.
That would be Nothing But Trouble: http://imdb.com/title/tt0102558/
Wow, I haven't seen that movie for a long time but I thought they were on the NJ Turnpike instead of the AC Expressway. Whatever, it certainly does a lot to reinforce the stereotypes which some people have of New Jersey. But IMO, this isn't necessarily a bad thing if it helps keep the population from growing too fast and discourages people from trashing the woods
the nj turnpike(especially the northern stretch)has left an unfair impression,i try to steer people away from it,telling them to drive a little further to the gsp,and get a different perspective.
That was a Bizzare movie, I can remember Ackroyd's character rolling over in bed and firing a few off... and the "things" that lived out in the "yard" were just freaky.
I was in Centralia back in the 80's when I worked in TV news, that too is kinda bizzare.
I was in Centralia back in the 80's when I worked in TV news, that too is kinda bizzare.
hey,on the full page pics and description,the kids love ac/dc,they have highway to hell written on the road.
I have a crappy short movie file I took with my digicam of that rift in the middle of the highway. I'm thinking about putting it online...just worried about bandwidth.
My brother goes to Lock Haven and said he take me out there one of these days. He said its one of the creepiest places he's ever been.
that's what youtube is for.
Can't do it. I'm so self conscious that the thought of a voting system scares me away. If you could disable voting I would considering posting my vids up there; I have a few from various places I want to put up somehow.
A book Unseen Danger by David DeKok discribes the bureaucratic decisions that led to how the fire went out of control.
never heard of that place but looks very interesting,knobles grove is awsome haven't been in years and yuengling tour, that would be cool
hi hewey,jimbo,if you haven't already done so,just go to the yuengling website to find out the days and hours of operation,the best part is,free out the tap cold ones after the tour.