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Extra large image of the 1974 Corinth Canal bridge
Source: Weems Family Photo
The Corinth Canel, July 1974
Note the giant Phoenix and Soldier emblem on the bridge. The original Phoenix emblem for Greece dates to 1822. The Greek colonels who took power in 1967 used the emblem (with a soldier before the Phoenix) extensively during their reign.
View a contemporary color photograph of the Corinth Canal.