Was anyone aware of this project proposal from the 1940s.
http://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030...p0zh-FID15.jpg
http://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030...p0zh-FID15.jpg
here's the front and back page. (
"less than one hundred years ago....in 1847")
http://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030...p0zh-FID15.jpg
I imagine the war intervened and the project was shelved.
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update:
Just for fun, here's a comparison of today and the 1940s plan.
