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Quarry3.wav

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juskiddink

September 12th, 2009

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Soundscapes > Urban
Quarry,Rocks and stones

Loading a Lithuanian cargo ship with rocks.The skipper wants 390 tons of granite dumped carefully into the middle hold.The driver shuts the door and manoeuvres the crane(on caterpillar tracks)onto a ramp above the quayside.8 meters away,standing above the hold,the mics follow the path of the cranes bucket as it swings between the ship and the pile of rocks-weighing up to a ton each.Depending on the conditions the sound of this can be heard for several miles.R-09HR.09.11.

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boulders
cargo
caterpillar
driving
falling
granite
large
loading
out
rocks
ship
shipping
tracks

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

3:12.911

File size

32.5 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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stgoerl

1 year, 11 months ago

Great sound, very nice machinery movement!

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