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Recordist's notes
This is the sound of traveling on a vintage steam engine from the 1930s, made in Basingstoke. This amazing engine is powered entirely by steam, and what you can hear are the cogs and pistons turning, and the hiss of the steam and the fire. The steam whistle sounds when pressure created by steam forces air up through it.
About the place
Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Amners Farm, Burghfield, UK - Travelling in a 1930s steam engine” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0