Khlong Maha Sawat

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Khlong Maha Sawat
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Khlong Maha Sawat
Specifications
Length28 km (17 miles)
History
Construction began13 September 1859
Date completed1 May 1860
Geography
Start point Nonthaburi
End point Nakhon Pathom
Connects toKhlong Lat Bang Kruai, Tha Chin River

Khlong Maha Sawat (Thai : คลองมหาสวัสดิ์, pronounced [kʰlɔ̄ːŋmā.hǎːsā.wàt] ), also known as Khlong Chaiyaphruek (คลองชัยพฤกษ์, pronounced [kʰlɔ̄ːŋt͡ɕʰāj.jā.pʰrɯ́k] ), [1] is a khlong (canal) in Thailand. It is a man-made waterway dug in 1859–1860 in the reign of King Rama IV. Today it is listed by the Fine Arts Department as a national heritage site. [2] It starts from Khlong Lat Bang Kruai (Khlong Bangkok Noi) near Wat Chaiyaphrueksamala, flows along the border of Nonthaburi's Bang Kruai with Taling Chan and Thawi Watthana of suburban Bangkok, then flows through Phutthamonthon to meet the Tha Chin River at Ngio Rai Subdistrict in Nakhon Pathom's Nakhon Chai Si District. Its length is 28 km (17 mi). Note: Khlong Maha Sawat and Khlong Prapa Maha Sawat are two different canals.

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History

Connecting Bangkok Noi Canal and the Tha Chin (Nakhon Chaisi) River, the 28 kilometre-long Maha Sawat Canal was created as a shortcut to Phra Pathom Chedi and to open up land on both banks to agriculture. In 1852, King Rama IV ordered the restoration of Phra Pathom Chedi and assigned Somdej Chao Phraya Maha Prayoonrawong and his son, Chao Phraya Thipakornwong Maha Kosathibodi (Kham Bunnag), to supervise the digging of the Chedi Bucha and Maha Sawat canals. Chinese labourers dug the canal. They began on 13 September 1859 and finished on 1 May 1860. [1] The cost was around 80,000 baht. [3] The completed canal gave ready access to 20,000  rai (32 km2) of new farmland. [4]

A new bridge over the canal connecting Taling Chan District of Bangkok with Bang Kruai District of Nonthaburi Province, opened in March 2020, has drawn the ire of some locals. It is alleged that the bridge, built by a private real estate company named Asian Property (Krungthep) Co, Ltd., is too low to allow the passage of tourist boats at high tide. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "คลองมหาสวัสดิ์" [Khlong Maha Sawat]. Thawiwatthana District Office (in Thai).
  2. 1 2 Wancharoen, Supoj (21 June 2020). "Locals unite to oppose bridge over historic canal". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Svasti, Pichaya (25 July 2013). "Land of the lotus-growers". Bangkok Post. No. Life. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Agro tourism and Thainess on Khlong Mahasawat in Nakhon Pathom". TAT News. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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