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Alarm
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Recordist's notes
Into the underground mine, I'm ringing a mine alarm. In the past, when the miners were ready to explode the ore, they were ringing an alarm. It was intended to inform about the danger. It's simply a rail hooked to a wire mesh. I'm ringing it with a iron bar. The rail wire makes a strange music which accompanies the hits. It's a forgotten sound. In fact, it's a sound from the past.
About the place
Hayange is a town of about 15,501 people in Grand Est, France. OttoAnna lists 16 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “57190 Fameck, France - Alarm” by Vincent Duseigne – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0