This marine railway was proposed as an alternative to the Panama Canal in this 1884 Scientific American illustration. Note the huge fanciful double ended steam locomotives.
thanks, Dave! (See comments)
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Dave
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A couple more drawings of an utterly ridiculous idea:
I propose giant hot air balloons to float the ships across with Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen as Commander of the Air. It would have worked!
3 comments:
A couple more drawings of an utterly ridiculous idea:
https://panama.lindahall.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/nggallery/panama-railroad/panex1603e.jpg
https://panama.lindahall.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/nggallery/panama-railroad/panex1605e.jpg
I mean an empty ship, maybe. But a fully-loaded cargo vessel?
I propose giant hot air balloons to float the ships across with Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen as Commander of the Air. It would have worked!
A floating turntable, OK ya lost me on that one. :-)
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