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Le Chaudron
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Recordist's notes
Reverb of "Le Chaudron", an old cooling tower, last trace of the SMN. The Société Métallurgique de Normandie (Metallurgic Company of Normandy), or SMN was a steel mill in Caen (Colombelles), Normandy. It opened in 1912 and closed in 1993 Zoom H4 in the center of the tower, people inside scraping the ground, some wind, birds and bulldozer outside.
About the place
Hérouville-Saint-Clair is a town of about 24,258 people in Normandy, France. OttoAnna lists 30 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.
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Sources & credits
- “Le Chaudron, Colombelles, France - Le Chaudron” by ng@jujua... – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0