Mediterranean–Dead Sea Canal in 1855 in a work called 'The Dead Sea – A new route to India'. At that time it was not yet known that the Dead Sea lies below sea level, and Allen proposed this canal as an alternative to the Suez Canal. Later, many engineers and politicians picked up on the idea, including Theodor Herzl in his 1902 novel "Altneuland". Most of the early proposals used the East bank of the Jordan River, but a modified form, using the West bank, was proposed after the separation of Transjordan from the Palestine Mandate. The idea was discussed at some length
Dead River (Michigan) Superior. Additionally, earlier maps record this river either in French as ""Rivière des Morts"", ""Rivière du Mort"", or ""Rivière au Paresseux"", or in English as "Deadman's River". The current name for this river in Ojibwe is either "Giiwe-gamigong-neyaashi-ziibi" (Return-by-shore Peninsula River) or "Niboowaagaming" ("At the Death's Shores"). Dead River (Michigan) The Dead River (French: "Rivière des Morts") is a river in Marquette County, Michigan. Its watershed is approximately in size. The river flows southeasterly from western Marquette County to its mouth on Lake Superior. , five dams existed on the river: Silver Lake Dam, Hoist Dam, McClure Dam, Forestville Dam,