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Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) on water.
The Gar Wood Speedster is a model of 16 ft racing boat produced and offered from 1934 to 1938 by Garfield Wood under the "Gar Wood" brand, and powered with various single six-cylinder flathead marine engines. Of the fourteen original Speedsters, three have been widely researched due to their famous owners – "Miss Behave" and "Miss Chief" from ...
Determined to have the last word over his great rival, Gar Wood built another new Miss America. Miss America X was 12 metres (39 ft) long, powered by four supercharged Packard aeroplane engines. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] On 20 September 1932 Wood broke the 200 km/h (120 mph) barrier, driving his new boat to 200.943 km/h (124.860 mph).
Gar Wood: Miss Detroit II Detroit, MI 1918 Gar Wood (2) Miss Detroit III Detroit, MI 1919 Gar Wood (3) Miss Detroit III Detroit, MI 1920 Gar Wood (4) Miss Detroit IV Detroit, MI 1921 Gar Wood (5) Miss America Detroit, MI 1922 Jesse G. Vincent Packard Chriscraft Detroit, MI 1923 Caleb Bragg: Packard Chriscraft Detroit, MI 1924 Caleb Bragg (2)
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...
Kelton Garwood (1928–1991), American actor and father of golfer Doug Garwood; Norman Garwood (1946–2019), English art director and production designer; Patricia Garwood (1941–2019), English television, film and stage actress
Cam Woods (born April 27, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec) is a professional lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League.Woods tied with Taylor Wray for the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2004, and was a 4 time all star (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009).
Some filming took place at the historic Gar Wood Mansion on Grayhaven Island, which was leased for the production from a rock music group who was staying in the home. [ 13 ] [ 15 ] The sequences filmed in the stone chamber room where the bed is contained were shot in a makeshift studio.