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Recordist's notes
These coal trains run on especially built railways that link the Garzweiler brown coal mine to the power stations nearby. It's an impressively integrated system in a relatively small region that has been totally directed towards electricity production under the control of the energy giant RWE AG.
About the place
Grevenbroich is a town of about 64,779 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. OttoAnna lists 29 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
Coal streaming from the conveyor belts stops, then starts again
Grevenbroich, Germany
Windgenerator, sound at the door into the tower
Grevenbroich, Germany
Wind generator with transformer
Grevenbroich, Germany
Whistling windgenerator
Grevenbroich, Germany
Whistling windgenerator plus transformer hum
Grevenbroich, Germany
Windgenrator, sound on metal door into the tower
Grevenbroich, Germany
More by Peter Cusack
Singing Fountain, Prague Castle
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Sound inside the rail plus a displaying hoverfly
Černý Most, Czechia
Symphony of Groans, Spreepark abandonned fun fair
Rummelsburg, Germany
Water pumps
Jüchen, Germany
Walking over a dead village, Opencast atmosphere
Jüchen, Germany
Whistling windgenerator
Grevenbroich, Germany
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Essen, rathaus galerie, entry to subway
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Essen, rathaus, subway station
Essen, Germany
Hořejší nábřeží, Chirping Smíchov
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Restaurant at the railway station Bubeneč
Prague, Czechia
Voices in the Old Sewage Cleaning Station
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A Call from Underworld, Bubeneč
Prague, Czechia
Sources & credits
- “Grevenbroich, Germany - Coal train loading from an overhead gantry” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0