{"id":6825,"date":"2023-01-17T12:35:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofthehighlands.org\/?post_type=project&#038;p=6825"},"modified":"2023-05-15T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T12:31:18","slug":"plaster-cast-of-the-design-for-the-john-cobb-memorial","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/museumofthehighlands.org\/gd\/project\/plaster-cast-of-the-design-for-the-john-cobb-memorial","title":{"rendered":"Plaster Cast of the Design for the John Cobb Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffc60b&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;21px||2px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;150px||150px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;80px||80px||true|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;26px|auto||auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||27px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;2.3em&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px||3px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: xx-large;\"><text class=\"_textbox_1gl8y_17\" direction=\"ltr\" height=\"7.5072021484375\" lengthadjust=\"spacingAndGlyphs\" textlength=\"59.9030456542969\" x=\"160.067352294922\" y=\"-498.459991455078\" data-test=\"textbox\">Plaster Cast of the Design for the John Cobb Memorial<\/text><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Comfortaa;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>Taigh-tasgaidh Taigh a\u2019 Ghroinn<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;EB Garamond||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;38px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;0.5em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-17px|30px|||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Comfortaa,Varela Round,ABeeZee,Comforter Brush,Comforter&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal; font-size: large;\">On the 29th September 1952, a crowd gathered to watch racing driver John Cobb attempt to break the world speed record, this time on water. Cobb already held the world record for the fastest speed on land three times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal; font-size: large;\">Among the crowd was artist George Bain, sketching at the edge of Loch Ness. Bain was there when Cobb\u2019s specially designed craft, the Crusader, hit a ripple, resulting in the fatal accident for Cobb.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal; font-size: large;\">Bain was invited to design the plaque to go on the memorial cairn in Cobb\u2019s memory. 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