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Name of Object:

Works for the opening of the Corinth Canal

Location:

Athens, Greece

Holding Institution:

Benaki Museum

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Date of Object:

c. 1885

Inventory Number:

HA146/17a

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Albumen print

Dimensions:

25.9 cm X 19.5 cm

Description:

The Corinth Canal under constuction, circa 1885. Photographer unknown.
The Corinth Canal separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek. The idea of the canal was revived after Greece gained independence but soon abandoned due to economical reasons. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 gave an new impetus and the following year, the Zaimis government passed a law authorising the construction of the canal, which was formally inaugurated on 23 April 1882. Zaimis assigned the project to the Hungarian István Türr who set up the Société Internationale du Canal Maritime de Corinthe but the company failed and the project was finished by the company of Andeas Syngros. The canal was designed by the Hungarian engineer Béla Gerster with the assistance of the French Vincent Dauzants, a chief engineer of the Suez canal.

Citation of this web page:

Maria Dimitriadou "Works for the opening of the Corinth Canal" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;gr;18;en;N

Prepared by: Maria Dimitriadou

MWNF Working Number: GR 018

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