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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dj gamaya" data-source="post: 12303914" data-attributes="member: 61857"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ouJKxK234HY/T17J3BG9T4I/AAAAAAAAtiI/Rd2qQyaUkBE/s1600/Corinth+Canal+002.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The canal was mooted in classical times and an abortive effort was made  to build it in the 1st century AD. Construction finally got underway in  1881 but was hampered by geological and financial problems that  bankrupted the original builders. It was completed in 1893, but due to  the canal's narrowness, navigational problems and periodic closures to  repair landslips from its steep walls, it failed to attract the level of  traffic anticipated by its operators. It is now used mainly for tourist  traffic. </blockquote>

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