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Centralia, PA
115
Miles From Center City Philly:
Ghost Town With Coal Mine Fire Burning Beneath
Centralia is a ghost town where population has dwindled from more than 1,000 residents to nearly nothing -- a result of a coal mine fire which has been burning beneath the borough since 1962. Centralia is the least-populated municipality in Pennsylv . . .
Centralia is a ghost town where population has dwindled from more than 1,000 residents to nearly nothing -- a result of a coal mine fire which has been burning beneath the borough since 1962. Centralia is the least-populated municipality in Pennsylvania.
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Nanticoke, PA
118
Miles From Center City Philly:
Desolate Housing Development Abandoned In 1924
An early example of International Style architecture in the United States, built as company housing in 1911 for select employees of the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad's coal division. It was eventually taken over by the Glen Alden Coal Com . . .
An early example of International Style architecture in the United States, built as company housing in 1911 for select employees of the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad's coal division. It was eventually taken over by the Glen Alden Coal Company who, uninterested in paying for required impr . . .
Pottstown, PA
41
Miles From Center City Philly:
Abandoned 18th Century Village
Frick's Lock is an abandoned village, along the also abandoned Schuylkill Canal. This 18-acre, 18th-century village was abandoned in the late 1990's with the construction of the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant. Since 2003, the land has been listed as . . .
Frick's Lock is an abandoned village, along the also abandoned Schuylkill Canal. This 18-acre, 18th-century village was abandoned in the late 1990's with the construction of the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant. Since 2003, the land has been listed as a historic district by the National Register of Hi . . .
Nesquehoning, PA
88
Miles From Center City Philly:
Ruins of A 1790s-1820s Settlement
Historic Lausanne of the 1790s - 1820s was a small settlement at the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River. It was once a thriving coal and railroad town but now lays in the woods in ruin. The few stone ruins at the site are accessible vi . . .
Historic Lausanne of the 1790s - 1820s was a small settlement at the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River. It was once a thriving coal and railroad town but now lays in the woods in ruin. The few stone ruins at the site are accessible via a hike through the woods.
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