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Recordist's notes
A recording of the removal of the train tracks in Weymouth which ran from the railway station to the ferry terminal alongside the harbour. The cross channel ferry to The Channel Islands and France was discontinued in 2015. The last scheduled trains stopped running in the 1980's. Recorded with a Tascam DR-05X , edited in Audacity.
About the place
Weymouth is a town of about 53,416 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 130 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Tascam DR-05. A budget handheld with omnidirectional stereo microphones.
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Sources & credits
- “6c Custom House Quay, Weymouth DT4 8AX, UK - Removing train tracks alongside the harbour.” by prtreglown – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0