Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

The fire damaged a large section of PA route 61, several attempts to fix the road were completed but ultimately the road was closed and rerouted a little further south. Since then it has become the art grounds for many. For some reason there are hundreds of penis's drawn everywhere. Groups marked the trip by placing the year they visited and others doing the same. While I was there people managed to get cars, 4-wheelers, and bikes on the road and drove up and down. Luckily it was a nice day and wasn't bad to just walk up and down it.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Hasselblad 500cm

Zeiss 150mm f4 Sonnar

Adox CHS 50 Art

Rodinal 1+50

13min @ 61F

Epson V700 Scan

This was the second post-apocalyptic stretch of road Greg and I adventured to this year.

A view of Center Street (PA 61) looking east. The white sign on the tree in the background says PIONEER TUNNEL, which I think might refer to the Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine tourist trap 2 miles to the south in the town of Ashland.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

RBMN #2102 under the PA-61 overpass in Port Clinton, PA

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

The middle of a deserted road.

Darryl W. Moran Photography www.facebook.com/Subject.Matters.Photography/

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

This old street sign assembly at the intersection of Center Street (PA 61) and Troutwine Street is the only one I saw in town. This likely dates back to when Centralia was an actual town.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Socially distant trip to Centralia, PA on July 26th, 2020.

北1種イ5側52番

チャールズ・ガルスト, ガースト

Charles Elia Garst 1853.8.23 - 1898.12.28

米国ディサイプルス派宣教師, チャーチ・オブ・クライスト　

日本名「単税太郎」

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CHARLES E. GARST

DAYTON OHIO, 1853

GRADUATED WEST POINT 1876

SERVED U.S.ARMY 1876-1883

MISSIONARY 1883-1898

FAITH IS THE VICTORY

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[Obituary]

Rev. Charles E. Garst

Under the appointment of the Foreign Christian Missionary Society he came to Japan in 1883, and died in Tokyo, Japan, on the 28th of December 1898. His death was caused by empyema. His translation to the other life was one of triumph and peace. He was the pioneer of the Disciples Mission to Japan.

Mr. Garst was a student. He mastered the Japanese language as few men do. He was able to read the current native literature and was thus well acquainted with Japanese thought. He was thoroughly conversant with Japanese history.

Mr. Garst was a faithful evangelist. His waking and sleeping thoughts were of righteousness. He preached the gospel in every town and village north of Sendai. He believed in the ultimate triumph of the gospel over all nations. “We unfurl the banner of the cross for victory not for defeat.”

Mr. Garst loved the Japanese people. His commission was to save the people and he put his whole soul and life into his work.

He was loved by the people and had influence with the leaders of thought and with the statesmen of the Empire. He was a friend of every phase of modem reform. He died among the people whom he loved and for whom labored.

R. L. P.

— Proceedings of the General Conference of Protestant Missionaries in Japan Held in Tokyo October 24-31, 1900, Methodist Publishing House, Tokyo 1901, p.701.

* There is a biograpy written by his wife :

A West-Pointer in the Land of the Mikado by Laura DeLany Garst (1861-1925)

Early photo of his grave : archive.org/stream/awestpointer00garsuoft#page/280/mode/2up

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北1種イ5側53番

サミュエル・ジョン・ミリケン

ゴスペル・オブ・クライスト教会宣教師

Samuel John Milliken 1826.09.27 - 1900.05.15

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SAMUEL JOHN MILLIKEN

FOR FORTY SEVEN YEARS

A MINISTER

OF THE

GOSPEL OF CHRIST

His servants shall serve him

and they shall see his face *

1826-1900

*Rev 22:3-4

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Milliken, Samuel John - b, Lewistown, Pa, Sp 27， 1826; PU, 1847; PTS, '48-51; tea, Ft George Is, Fla, '50-51 ； ord evang, Pby Florida, Ap, '53; ss， Bainbridge and Mineral Spring, Ga, '54-58; p, Quincy, Fla, '58-61; p， Newtown, Pa, '61-6; p, Academia, '66-70; p, Sunbury, '70-75; miss, Pby Phila North, '75-77; p. Ann Carmichael ch, Phila, '77-83; p， Fox Chase, Phila, '84-91 ; p, Titusville, NJ, '91-97; res，Tokio, Japan; tea, Joshi Gakuin [女子学院], Tokio; d, Tokio, Japan, My 15， 1900.

— Princeton Theological Seminary Biographical Catalogue 1909, p.205.

His passport application dated on July 1897 informs:

Statue: 5 feet 9 3/4 inches, Eng.

Forehead: high

Eyes: Grey

Nose: Straight

Mouth: Medium

Chin: Long

Hair: Grey

Complexion: Fair

Face: Long

[yc]

青山霊園／東京都港区

撮影：河野利彦（2015/03）

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Socially distant trip to Centralia, PA on July 26th, 2020.

Tucked away in the woods off of PA 61 near Mount Carmel is the old Shamokin & Mount Carmel Electric Railway's Green Hill Carbarn. The railway ceased operation in the 1930's, but this building has been used by descendants of the railway continuously, most recently King Coal Tours. After the recent legal action against the owner, it is for sale. Anyone want a Carbarn?

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

I remember climbing this hill straight up many times in all kinds of weather!! This is before all the grafitti. The grafitti was covered by rocks and fill several years ago because it was dangerous from cave ins and gases from the mine fire.

Socially distant trip to Centralia, PA on July 26th, 2020.

Socially distant trip to Centralia, PA on July 26th, 2020.

Socially distant trip to Centralia, PA on July 26th, 2020.

Pennsylvania Route 487 is a 63-mile (101 km) long, north-south state highway running from PA 61 in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County to PA 87 (near its intersection with US 220) in Dushore, Sullivan County.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

The town of Centralia was not the only victim of the underground mine fire. Just south of the city, a section of PA 61 was closed in 1994 after the roadway received damage from the toxic gases spewing out of the ground. Today, this short section of the highway has become a local tourist attraction, and this was one of the only pictures I took devoid of people.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

1989 E-One Federal Pumper. 1500 GMP, 750 Gal Tank & Pre-Piped Deck Gun.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.

Veelaan 1979

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Socially distant trip to Centralia, PA on July 26th, 2020.

Interstate 78 & U.S. 22 West at Exit 29B - PA 61 North - Pottsville

Socially distant trip to Centralia, PA on July 26th, 2020.

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1613 PA-61

Schuylkill Haven Pa. 17972

Of greatest interest at this point is the section of PA Route 61 that's been cordoned off due to massive irreperable damage to the surface from the underground fire.

Cracks and fissures along the old State Route 61 in Centralia. The pressure of the coal fire below causes the roadway to warp, buckle, and fracture.