The first one past 200? Steam!
02 March 2020 2 min read 4 images
Aerodynamically perfect, conceived as an overturned canoe specifically to break the land speed record, on 26th January 1906 the steam-powered Stanley Streamer Rocket, driven by Fred Marriott, reached 205.44 km/h.
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