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Old Department Store (Underground Tour 1)

119 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98104, USA

A field recording by Vince Hancock made in Seattle, United States on 12 November 2014, in the morning. Soundscape: trams, metros & buses and caves, tunnels & underground.

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Old Department Store (Underground Tour 1)
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Spectrogram of Old Department Store (Underground Tour 1)
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Recordist's notes

Ruins of Dept. Store (south-east corner of space). Sound from water within a five-inch pipe and pump, leading upward into existing business, becomes apparent as tour group leaves. "Bill Speidel's Underground Tour" with tour guide Patti A. Stereo mic (Audio-Technica, AT-822), recorded via Sony MD (MZ-NF810).

Written by Vince Hancock on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Seattle is a city of about 780,995 people in Washington, United States. OttoAnna lists 31 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Audio-Technica microphones. Including the AT8022 and BP4025 X/Y stereo microphones.

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