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Powerplant drone

Montevideo, Uruguay

A 2-minute field recording by carsten stabenow made in Montevideo, Uruguay on 6 November 2021, in the morning. Soundscape: harbours, ports & boats, construction & industry and soundwalks.

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Powerplant drone
2:01Public Domain Markby carsten stabenowInternet Archive
2:01
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Recordist's notes

Montevideo diesel powerplant - Central Termoelectrica "José Batlle y Ordóñez" - with 4 generators with a total output of 343 MW. In this recording we hear 1! generator. (recorded on a walk along the industrial belt and port area of Montevideo during the project https://www.territorioespecifico.org with a zoom F1 and XYH-6 cap)

Written by carsten stabenow on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Montevideo is a city of about 1,270,737 people in Montevideo Department, Uruguay. OttoAnna lists 29 field recordings from here.

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