Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1884 — The Corinth Canal. [ARTICLE]

The Corinth Canal.

The Isthmus of Corinth is about the center of Greece, and far back in ancient history efforts were made to cut a canal from one sea to the other. There were three attempts made by the Greeks themselves, then the Noman Emperors undertook the work. It has been recommenced recently and will soon be finished. The route is a perfectly straight one, 20,800 feet long. Its width will be seventy-five feet, the same as that of the Suez Canal. It is a French enterprise, and will cost when completed $5,280,000. It will shorten the voyage from the Adriatic Sea to Asia Minor by 105 miles. Canal-digging to ihorten distances between nations is /ust now in high favor with commercial lations. Another Suez Canal must Ihortly be begun. A Nicaragua as well 13 a Panama Canal is one of the cer?,aint:es of the future, as are also canals through the northern zones of Florida ind Cape Cod.- -Demorest’s Monthly.