54 sounds in category Electricity, gas, heat and water supply
  • Compressor and pressure tank

    H.C. Ørsted engine – compressor running

    Compressor is filling the pressure tank. Compressed air is used to start the diesel engine. From its first trial run in 1933 and some 30 years ahead,...
  • Ørsted engine 2

    H.C. Ørsted engine – running

    Engine running 0 - 1:45 Recorded on 10 meters distance Engine run 1.45- 3.33 Walking around close to the engine. From its first trial run in...
  • Ørsted engine3

    H.C. Ørsted engine – stop

    Engine stop. Recorded close to the engine cylinders. From its first trial run in 1933 and some 30 years ahead, the H.C. Ørsted engine was the largest...
  • Hathorn Davey triple expansion engine

    Triple expansion engines use three expansion stages. The engines use a series of double-acting cylinders of progressively increasing diameter. These cylinders...
  • Hydro power plant

    At the end of the 19th century, Franc Galle, the landlord of Bistra, was actively engaged in milling. However even before the First World War this business...
  • Maudslay engine

    The Maudslay engine was the first beam engine built for the Kew Bridge works and began pumping in 1838. A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a...
  • Old Air Compressor Start

    In the audio you can hear the start up sound of an old air compressor. Air compressors are devices that convert power into energy. Usually they are powered...
  • Setting Fire to the Masonry Heater

    Near Tampere railway station stands in 1920 built residential brick building called Lompanlinna. Lompanlinna was originally built for railwaymen but today...
  • Tesla Supercharger: a soundscape

    The electric car might be the future. At least we can see lots more of them today and with that more stations that can charge these units. The Tesla Company...
  • The Grand Junction 90 inch engine

    The 90 inch Engine is the largest working beam engine in the world. It was built in 1846 by Sandys, Carne & Vivian of Copperhouse Foundry, Hayle, Cornwall...
  • The James Kay “Dancers end” engine

    The James Kay engine, also known as the Dancers End engine, takes its name from Lord Rothschild's estate at Dancer's End, near Tring, where it was used...
  • The sewage treatment plant (1): the control room

    Soundscape recorded in the control room of the Płaszów Sewage Treatment Plant. It is fitted with operator stations and a synoptic table to monitor and...