Tag: Speed

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3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

3rd July 2022
Tagged as: Britain, England, Grantham, Invention, Locomotive, Mallard, Railway, Railways, Speed, Steam, Technology, Train, Transport

Mallard set the record of 125.88mph on a stretch of slightly downhill railway track at Stoke Band, south of the town of Grantham.

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13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone

13th May 2022
Tagged as: Automobile, Britain, England, George VI, Italy, Race, Silverstone, Speed, Sport

The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.

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18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set

18th December 2021
Tagged as: Automobile, France, Paris, Science, Speed, Technology

French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.

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3rd July 1938: Mallard sets world speed record for steam locomotives

3rd July 2019
Tagged as: Britain, England, Invention, Railways, Science, Speed, Technology, Transport

The world speed record for locomotives – steam trains – was set on the 3^rd July 1938 by Number 4468 Mallard.