A canal cut through the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece, separating the Peloponnese from the mainland and linking the Gulf of Corinth to the Saronic Gulf. Completed in 1893 after a construction effort that revived a route first exploited in antiquity by the Diolkos, a stone trackway over which ships were hauled overland from the seventh century BC. Its narrow width and shallow draft now limit it mainly to smaller vessels and tourist traffic.
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Completion Year SignificanceSaves transiting vessels a 700 kilometre voyage around the Peloponnese, though its narrow beam and shallow draft now confine it mostly to tourist and small-vessel traffic rather than major freight. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Corinth Canal
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The canal saves a 700-kilometre (430 mi) journey around the Peloponnese for transiting vessels.
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It is currently of little economic importance and is mainly a tourist attraction.
Introduction, current role
It is currently of little economic importance and is mainly a tourist attraction.
In Group: Ship Canals, Lead sentence
The Corinth Canal (Greek: Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου, romanized: Dioryga tis Korinthou) is a canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
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