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| Ghost Towns in Chile (Photo: Alamy / Daily Mail) |
Humberstone - A city in Humberstone, Chile turned into a ghost town. No less than 100 years the city was inhabited since abandoned by its inhabitants.
Humberstone founded in 1862 and became the epicenter for Chile as a producer of sodium nitrate used in explosives. The city is also famous as the agrarian.
The change from a dormitory town into a ghost town, began in 1940. At that time, approximately 3,700 people living in Humberstone Mexico are watching a movie in a theater and operetta Spanish city. So reported the Daily Mail, Tuesday (10/30/2012)
However, the theater building collapsed, killing everyone inside. Since then a lot of people voice screams in the former building and there is also the appearance that appears in the photo.
In 1959 the industrial activity in the city were closed due to bankruptcy and the workers have found new jobs in other areas.
City that was once so advanced now a deserted, while the people's possessions lay abandoned. Clothes, shoes and other items left alone until the dust.
Humberstone declared a national monument by the government of Chile in 1970 and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
However, after years of earthquakes and vandalism that occurred in the city resulted in the city is included in the list of world heritage and the city's most dangerous known as Ghost Town.
Humberstone founded in 1862 and became the epicenter for Chile as a producer of sodium nitrate used in explosives. The city is also famous as the agrarian.
The change from a dormitory town into a ghost town, began in 1940. At that time, approximately 3,700 people living in Humberstone Mexico are watching a movie in a theater and operetta Spanish city. So reported the Daily Mail, Tuesday (10/30/2012)
However, the theater building collapsed, killing everyone inside. Since then a lot of people voice screams in the former building and there is also the appearance that appears in the photo.
In 1959 the industrial activity in the city were closed due to bankruptcy and the workers have found new jobs in other areas.
City that was once so advanced now a deserted, while the people's possessions lay abandoned. Clothes, shoes and other items left alone until the dust.
Humberstone declared a national monument by the government of Chile in 1970 and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
However, after years of earthquakes and vandalism that occurred in the city resulted in the city is included in the list of world heritage and the city's most dangerous known as Ghost Town.
source: Daily Mail
