in 1841 in Centralia Johnathan Faust opened Bull's Head Tavern. Centralia was merged into a borough in 1866. The main local industry is anthracite, but many companies in this area ceased operations in the 1960s. In 1962, an open-pit coal mine was accidentally ignited due to the weekly garbage incineration. As a result, a fire broke out in the underground coal mine. The fire could not be extinguished and continued to burn in the 1960s and 1970s.
According to this introduction, centralia is likely to be the prototype of the Silent Hill movie.
View more about Silent Hill: Revelation reviews
