The Town That Is Still Burning Underground | Centralia, PA

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Centralia was a small town built around coal. It was officially established in the 1860s during a period when demand for coal in the United States was rapidly increasing.

[00:00:12]Before that, the area was largely undeveloped, mostly forest with only scattered settlements.

[00:00:18]The expansion of anthracite coal mining changed that. Companies began acquiring land, opening mines, and building rail connections to transport coal to nearby industrial regions.

[00:00:29]As mining expanded, workers arrived and the town began to take shape.