Picture No | 11803374 |
Date | 1900 |
Description | Finish of the Thousand Miles Trial in 1900 |
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The finish of the Thousand Miles Trial which ended on 12 May 1900 in Whitehall, London. The first car in the row is a 12 h.p. Panhard driven by Charles Rolls who is seated at the wheel. Behind is the first Napier with its owner, Edward Kennard. The trial took these primitive, early vehicles on a 1,108 mile route from Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall via Bristol, Birmingham, Kendal, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield and Nottingham.
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Source | Unattributed photograph from 1900 reproduced in 'The Tatler', 16 October 1957 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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