Friday, July 12, 2013

Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania

Author: Renee Jacobs
Stars: 2
Review by: Mandy A

A series of photos with short captions chronicling Centralia, a PA town where an underground coal fire left unchecked caused mine collapses and gas leakage. Odd thing is the town became very divided between those that denied there were no risks of any kind to the fire and those who left out of health concerns or some other reason. The photos weren't the best either and it didn't really get into the whole debate of should or should not the town have been abandoned. For just a simple thing like this the Images of America book on Centralia is much, much better.

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