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    1) The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf, cutting through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separating the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland. 2) Several ancient rulers considered digging a canal but all efforts were abandoned until Nero actually began construction in 67 AD, excavating 700 meters before his death halted the project. 3) The canal was finally completed in 1893 after several failed projects, measuring 6,343 meters long and up to 90 meters deep, allowing ships to avoid the long journey around the Peloponnese.

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    1) The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf, cutting through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separating the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland. 2) Several ancient rulers considered digging a canal but all efforts were abandoned until Nero actually began construction in 67 AD, excavating 700 meters before his death halted the project. 3) The canal was finally completed in 1893 after several failed projects, measuring 6,343 meters long and up to 90 meters deep, allowing ships to avoid the long journey around the Peloponnese.

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    1) The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf, cutting through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separating the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland. 2) Several ancient rulers considered digging a canal but all efforts were abandoned until Nero actually began construction in 67 AD, excavating 700 meters before his death halted the project. 3) The canal was finally completed in 1893 after several failed projects, measuring 6,343 meters long and up to 90 meters deep, allowing ships to avoid the long journey around the Peloponnese.

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    Three Roman rulers considered the idea but all


    suffered violent deaths.
    Corinth Canal Historian Suetonius wrote that Julius Caesar
    planned to dig a canal through the isthmus but
    Names (also known as) was assassinated before he could begin the
    project. Caligula commissioned a study in 40
    Corinthian Canal. AD from Egyptian experts who claimed
    incorrectly that the Corinthian Gulf was higher
    Location/Description than the Saronic Gulf. Caligula was also
    assassinated before making any progress.
    Nero was the first to actually attempt to
    construct the canal. He personally dug and
    removed the first basket-load of soil in 67 AD.
    Athens The project was again abandoned when he died
    Corinth shortly afterwards. Nero’s workforce consisted
    of 6,000 Jewish prisoners of war. They dug a
    distance of 700 metres (a tenth of the total
    distance across the isthmus).
    The Venetians also considered it in 1687 after
    their conquest of the Peloponnese but likewise
    Corinth Canal (Greek: Dhioryga tis Korinthou) is did not initiate a project.
    a canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth with
    Interest was raised with the opening of the Suez
    the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts
    Canal in 1869. After several projects ended in
    through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and
    bankruptcy, a contract was awarded to the
    separates the Peloponnese from the Greek
    Société Internationale du Canal Maritime de
    mainland, arguably making the peninsula an
    Corinthe in 1881 to construct the canal and
    island.
    operate it for the next 99 years. Work began the
    Scriptural references next year and was finally completed 11 years
    later in 1893.
    None, but Paul would have certainly travelled
    over this isthmus on his way from Athens to
    Corinth.
    Brief history
    Several rulers of antiquity dreamed of digging a
    canal through the isthmus. The first to propose
    such an undertaking was the tyrant Periander in
    the 7th Century BC. The project was abandoned
    and instead a simpler and cheaper overland
    portage road, named the Diolkos or stone
    carriageway was built. Ships could be towed
    from one side of the isthmus to the other.
    Remnants of the Diolkos can still be seen next The Corinth Canal seen from the air
    to the modern canal
    Dimensions
    The philosopher Apollonius of Tyana
    prophesied that anyone who proposed to dig a The canal is a single channel 8 metres deep,
    Corinthian canal would be met with illness. excavated at sea level (thus requiring no locks),
    measuring 6,343 metres long by 24.6 metres
    wide at the top and 21.3 metres wide at the

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    bottom. The rock walls, which rise 90 metres


    above sea level, are near-vertical 80° angle.
    In 1988 submersible bridges were installed at
    each end of the canal for vehicle traffic.

    Sector A, once identified with the “diolkos” with


    beach rock
    The inauguration of the Corinth Canal (1893)
    Although the canal saves the 700 km journey
    around the Peloponnese, it is too narrow for
    modern ocean freighters. Ships can only pass
    through the canal one convoy at a time on a
    one-way system. Larger ships have to be towed
    by tugs. Around 11,000 ships per year use the
    canal.

    (Compilers – John and Cyndy Tierney)


    Venetian map of the Isthmus of 1697 AD

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