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Centralia (/ s ɛ n ˈ t r eɪ l i ə / sen-TRAY-li-ə) is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania.Its population declined from 1,000 in 1980 to five residents in 2020 [8] because a coal mine fire has been burning beneath the borough since 1962.
Avary used the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania as a prototype for the town of Silent Hill; [26] he commented that as a child, his father, who was a mining engineer, used to tell him stories about Centralia, where coal deposits from the local mine caught fire and released toxic gases into the town, as well as creating sinkholes when the ...
The town was populated during the mid-19th century by mostly Irish immigrants. [citation needed] Currently, there is one cemetery there. Sylvan is located near Jim Edgar Park. A photo of this ghost town was briefly shown in the horror movie Silent Hill. In the film, the town was misspelled as "Sylvane". [citation needed]
The town had to be abandoned and leveled. [25] The Centralia area has now grown to be a tourist attraction. [26] Visitors come to see the smoke and/or steam on Centralia's empty streets and the abandoned portion of PA Route 61, popularly referred to as the Graffiti Highway. [27]
The town of Silent Hill is a small rural American town imagined by the creative team. It was based on Western literature and films, as well as on depictions of American towns in European and Russian culture. [112] The version of the town from the film adaptations of the first and third games is loosely based on the central Pennsylvania town of ...
Silent Hill: Homecoming: Shepherd's Glen is a cursed town first featured in, and the main setting of, Silent Hill: Homecoming. Built along the shores of Toluca Lake within Toluca County, it is neighbored by the sleepy burg of Silent Hill, Maine. Silent Hill. Maine Silent Hill: Silent Hill is a fictional resort town in Maine, United States.
Now Gary is a ghost town. Broadway Avenue in downtown Gary, By Dina Spector Gary, Ind., was once the center of American steel production. ... From Bustling City to Ghost Town (PHOTOS) Business ...
Paramount Pictures Sylvane, Illinois Silent Hill: Silent Hill DCP Inc. and Davis Films and Konami Tenderville, Oregon Rampage: Event Film Distribution Located in (also fictional) Mallet County, Oregon. Theed Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace: 20th Century-Fox Theed is the capital city of the planet Naboo and its seat of government ...