Buckingham Canal

Buckingham Canal

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The Buckingham Canal is a salt water navigation canal, running parallel to the Coromandel Coast of South India for 420 km. The first segment of the canal was constructed in 1806, from Chennai north to Ennore. The canal was formerly used to convey goods up and down the coast to Chennai.

Today most of this traffic has transferred to the road. Since the mid seventies, practically no maintenance has been carried out on the canal with in the city limits. The locks on both the South Buckingham canal and the North Buckingham Canal have fallen into disrepair and none of them are operational.

Within the city of Chennai the Buckingham Canal is badly polluted from sewage and industrial effluent, and the silting up of the canal has left the water stagnant.

Buckingham Canal is located near Buckingham Canal; near Swami Sivananda Salia - Adams Road; 0.2 kilometre away from Kamarajar Salai Road; 0.4 kilometre away from Valaji Road; 0.4 kilometre away from South Beach Road; Buckingham Canal is geographically located at latitude (13.0678 degrees) 13° 4' 4" North of the Equator and longitude (80.2825 degrees) 80° 16' 56" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Chennai.

The locations related to Buckingham Canal are represented by the path the bullet takes from the muzzle of the gun to the target and may not be nearest by road. For example, Buckingham Canal is located 0.3 kilometre from University of Madras. Buckingham Canal is located 0.4 kilometre from Cooum River. Buckingham Canal is located 0.5 kilometre from Anna Square. Buckingham Canal is located 0.5 kilometre from Port Trust Quarter. Buckingham Canal is located 0.6 kilometre from Island Grounds Golf Course.

Chintadripet Market 1.1km, Moore Market 2km, Metal Market 2km, Rattan Bazaar 2.1km, Medicine Market 2.2km, Fruit Flower Market 2.3km, China Bazaar 2.3km, Burma Bazaar 2.4km, are places to shop (shopping mall, shop houses) located near Buckingham Canal.

Fort St. George 1.5km, Chennai Museum 2.7km, National Art Gallery 2.9km, Stadium Museum 3.1km, Music Academy 3.6km, Valluvar Kottam 4.8km, Birla Planetarium 7.5km, War Memorial 11.4km, are places of interest (attraction) located near Buckingham Canal.

are eating places (food court, cafe, hawker food) located near Buckingham Canal.

University of Madras 0.3km, Ethiraj College 2.8km, St Matthias School, Vepery 3.3km, CMC Girls HS School 5km, Loyola College 5.4km, Meenakshi College 6.3km, Chennai Teachers College 7.8km, Bharath Senior Secondary School, adyar 7.9km, are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Buckingham Canal.

Congress Grounds 4.4km, Panagal Park 6.2km, Guindy National Park 9.5km, are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Buckingham Canal.

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Cooum River is located 0.4 Kilometres away from Buckingham Canal. Cooum or Kuvam River is one of the 2 "rivers" of Chennai, India, the other one being the Adyar River. The name of Cooum is derived from Tamil Literature from the word “coovalan” denotes a person who i - 1 Photo(s) Featured.

Chennai Flagmast is located 1 Kilometres away from Buckingham Canal. The Flag mast in the Fort, which was constructed by the British still stands withstanding the ravages of nature. This is said to be the tallest flag mast in India. - 2 Photo(s) Featured.

Chintadripet Station is located 1.1 Kilometres away from Buckingham Canal. - 1 Photo(s) Featured.

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