Tamil Nadu Timeline

Buckingham Canal

2 events, 1806 to 1877.

  1. 1806

    1. 1806Infrastructure

      First segment of the Buckingham Canal opens

      In 1806 a saltwater canal linking Madras with Ennore was finished; it would later form part of the Buckingham Canal.

  2. 1877

    1. 1877 to 1878Infrastructure

      Buckingham Canal extended as famine relief

      A section of the coastal canal linking the Adyar and Cooum rivers was dug as famine relief work, and the canal was renamed the Buckingham Canal.