Flax ring spinning frame
The Flax ring spinning frame of the brand Mackie and Sons Ltd., constructed in 1955, was originally in use in the Bielefelder…
Find your sound
Put on your headphones and experience what historical ears sounded like.
Carpet beater
The carpet beater from the 1970s served as a household tool for cleaning carpets. This example is a privately owned keepsake. Differently…
Metro
Metro train arrives in the station Saint-Catherine, with sounds of arrival, opening of doors, buzzer, closing of doors, departure. The Brussels Intercommunal…
Floating mill – water wheel (Island of Love)
Sound of the water wheel of the floating mill on the Island of Love. The mill is mounted on two interconnected floating…
Floating mill – grinding stones (Island of Love)
Sound of the floating mill in operation (grinding stones). The mill is mounted on two interconnected floating platforms (boats) and can be…
Floating mill –water wheel (the Babič mill)
Sound of the water wheel of the floating mill . The mill has a floating water wheel whilst the grinding stones are…
Floating mill – grinding stones (the Babič mill)
Sound of the floating mill in operation (grinding stones). The mill has a floating water wheel whilst the grinding stones are located…
Easter egg – intaglio motifs
Remenke or Remenice are decorated Easter eggs made in the north-eastern part of Slovenia in the Prekmurje region. The eggs are decorated…
Easter egg – drilling
Before Easter eggs are decorated, the yolk and white have to be removed from inside the shell. Two holes are drilled, one…
Automatic milking
Automatic milking of cows has almost completely replaced milking by hand. This is true even for smaller farms such as the Sever…
Hand milking
In the sound recording of a cow being milked by hand we can hear the spurt of milk running into a plastic…
Walking in the mine
The sound of seven pairs of feet walking on a soaking wet floor of a coalmine. They are wearing wellington boots. The…
Overhead railway locomotive – starting up
The sound of the engine of an overhead monorail locomotive starting up. The locomotive makes a warning signal as it starts up.…
Overhead railway locomotive – moving
The sound of an overhead monorail locomotive in motion. It was manufactured by the German company Scharf in 2000. The overhead monorail…
Battery locomotive – moving
The sound of a battery locomotive in motion. The train is used in the transportation of miners in and out of the…
Water intake pumping station
The sound of water running through two pipes into the intake pumping station. From a series of pumping stations, which are built…