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Portage or portaging is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. A path where items are regularly carried between
Portaging a tandem Prospector canoe in Algonquin Park
Canoe rest along a portage trail
Small railway portage in the U.S.
Paved section of the Diolkos
Diolkos
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The Diolkos was a paved trackway near Corinth in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth. The shortcut allowed ancient vessels to avoid the long and dange
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…minutes would be needed to walk it. With multiple trips, the time needed for a portage was estimated at one hour per half mile (160 rods) or more. The Diolkos was a paved trackway in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic…
The Isthmus with the Canal of Corinth close to where the diolkos ran.
Mooring place
Image of a ship on Attic black-figure pottery (c. 520 BC). This is the sort of boat that the Diolkos may have transported in Periander's time.