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
Middle Branch Dead Diamond River to the East Branch of the Dead Diamond, finally joining it in the Atkinson and Gilmanton Grant, less than one mile upstream from the confluence of the East Branch and the West Branch of the Dead Diamond. Middle Branch Dead Diamond River The Middle Branch of the Dead Diamond River is a long river in northern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the East Branch of the Dead Diamond River, located in the Androscoggin River watershed of Maine and New Hampshire. The Middle Branch flows for most of its length through Pittsburg, the northernmost town