Corinth Canal

Tuesday, 27th June 2006 by

Following on from yesterday's Rio-Antirio Bridge, right at the very end of the Gulf of Corinth is the Corinth Canal, a 6.3 kilometre long canal which technically turned the Peloponnesian peninsula into an island upon its completion in 1893. Although the canal is only 21 metres wide it's considered a great technical achievement for its time, and saves small ships the 400 km long journey around the Peloponnesus.

Corinth Canal

At each end of the canal there are unique submersible bridges which can be lowered to the bottom of the canal to allow the boats to get past! Very cool. You can see a sequence of photos showing the bridge in action on the Wikipedia page.