# Quickest way to transport a ship across land?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-way-to-transport-a-ship-across-land/291318>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 22, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-way-to-transport-a-ship-across-land/291318 "2005-02-22T07:39:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-way-to-transport-a-ship-across-land/291318/41 "2005-02-24T02:14:02Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Is this in order to reach a body of water that is inaccessible by sailing there?

It seems to me it has been done by the Turks during the siege of Constantinople, but I’m not 100% sure…

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