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Giant excavator at work
2:30
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Recordist's notes
Opencast mining is done by monstrously large machines. The cutting edge is a huge wheel of buckets that gouges the coal seams in circular sweeps. The coal is immediately carried to storage mountains and the railheads on conveyer belts sometimes kilometers long. I am surprised how relatively quiet these machines are given their size.
About the place
Kadaň is a town of about 18,088 people in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia. OttoAnna lists 6 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Málkov, Czech Republic - Nástup mine - Giant excavator at work” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0