Ferry's Human Powered Aquatic Velocipede crossed the English Channel in eight hours in 1893.
We continually collect history of the Kinetic Sculpture Races as well as reproducing original documents with permission of the original authors. Material will be added as time permits. Keep coming back - this section continually expands.
Some years the record keeping was better than others, but at least this version has the correct years and annual dates and - as far as we know - the sculpture names are correct.
which gives a sprightly history of the race to that point as well as outlines the course and gives spectator guidelines many of which are now incredibly out of date.
The first third of a rare book outlining the earliest days of the Kinetic Sculpture Race, reprinted with permission of the author, noted metal sculptor, Stan Bennett.
Hobart Brown and Bob Brown (no relation) at the first Kinetic Sculpture Race in Ferndale, California, 1969. Photographer Unknown.
Hobart Brown, 1934–2007
the Glorious Founder of Kinetic Sculpture Racing, died of pneumonia on Wednesday, November 7, 2007.
