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	Buckingham town & region - 18th to 20th century
		Buckingham was an obvious place to break a journey between Oxford and Cambridge or between London and the Midlands.
		The bankruptcy of the Duke of Buckingham in 1848 had a terrible effect on the Buckingham economy and the town lost the last remnants of its county status.
		Buckingham had become perhaps a little bit of a backwater in the railway age but the future was with roads and here it was much better placed.
	www.buckingham.ac.uk /life/buck/bucktown/eighteen.html (839 words)

	The Hindu : `Buckingham Canal may be declared a national waterway' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Yet another attempt is being made to give a fresh lease of life to the 125-year-old Buckingham Canal, which, within the city limits, presents itself as an open sewage channel and remains an eyesore.
		The canal, which was once used for transporting paddy and hay from Andhra Pradesh, became defunct in the late 1960s after its banks were damaged in a cyclone.
		When pointed out that the width of the canal in Chennai was too narrow to allow any inland transport (from Basin Bridge in the north to Lattice Bridge in the south), he said there was a provision in the proposed project for improving roads in and around the canal.
	www.hindu.com /2002/10/20/stories/2002102002680600.htm (474 words)

	Buckingham Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The canal was taken over by the government of Madras Presidency in 1837 and further extended, ultimately reaching 315 km north of Chennai to Peddaganjam on the Krishna River in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, and 103 km south of Chennai to Marakkanam in Tamil Nadu.
		The portion north of the Cooum is known as the North Buckingham Canal, and the portion south of the Cooum as the South Buckingham Canal.
		257 km of the canal are in Andhra Pradesh, and 163 km are in Tamil Nadu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buckingham_Canal (578 words)

	The Hindu : Sci Tech / Speaking Of Science : Buckingham canal buffered tsunami fury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The much-neglected and abused Buckingham canal rose to the occasion and stood up to the fury of the December 26 tsunami on the Coromandel coast.
		It was the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (a descendant of Britain's William the Conqueror), who as Governor of Madras in 1875, ordered to bring 500,000 bags of rice from Orissa to Madras using the canal.
		The canals in the Punjab led this region to become the granary of India.
	www.hindu.com /seta/2005/08/11/stories/2005081100171500.htm (897 words)

	Buckingham Arm Canal
		The Grand Opening was at Buckingham on the 1 May 1801, when the Marquis of Buckingham and other committee members arrived in a narrow boat.
		The procession was greeted at Buckingham basin by a large crowd and the firing of a cannon.
		This was made up of hay and straw exported to London for their thriving horse-drawn traffic, with imports in the area of coal, stone and other goods, remaining high for the next 50 years.
	clutch.open.ac.uk /schools/brooksward01/Buckingham_hist.html (404 words)

	Visiting Buckingham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Buckingham offers many local attractions and, as an historic centre in the heart of middle England, it is excellently placed as a base for wider exploration.
		Buckingham was a royal borough by the time of the Norman Conquest, with 53 burgesses, a mint, a well-endowed church and two valuable mills.
		Buckingham is shown as a crossroads in Ogilby’s maps showing principal coaching roads, with the roads from London to Banbury and Oxford to Cambridge being important routes.
	www.bt-fc.co.uk /Visit.htm (3398 words)

	Local Page
		Buckingham has a population of approximately 11,000 and is located in the north of the County of Buckinghamshire, UK, right in the centre of the country; on loops in the Great Ouse (the second longest river in England).
		The Manor of Buckingham is recorded in the Domesday survey of 1086 as being held by Walter Gifford who was created Duke of Buckinghamshire by William the Conqueror.
		The original Buckingham House was built near the Strand in 1626 by local man George Villiers, a favourite of James I, who had been created Duke of Buckingham in 1623.
	www.btinternet.com /~amery/town.htm (482 words)

	The clean up act
		Buckingham Canal, a man-made waterway, runs along the coast from north to south through major sections of Chennai.
		The Otteri Nullah and Captain Cotton Canal are the tributaries to Buckingham Canal in the north of Chennai.
		Similarly, the Mambalam canal, flowing from the central part of the city, drains into the Adyar river.
	www.chennaionline.com /cityfeature/clean.asp (442 words)

	Getting Started Up the James
		There are many parallels between the impact of canal and the recent surge in "dot.com" telecommunications firms.
		There he studied the foundry business as well as canal construction, since his original business proposition was to use the canal's waterpower for industrial operations as well as for transportation.
		The leaders in the colony knew that a canal at Richmond would be insufficient to open the James, and an initiative in 1774 had proposed removing obstructions in Buckingham County at Seven Islands, near the mouth of the Hardware River.
	www.virginiaplaces.org /transportation/canalsjames.html (1021 words)

	Grand Union Canal
		A 2½ mile narrow canal with 6 locks from the Tame Valley Canal at Salford Junction to Bordesley Junction.
		The Buckingham Canal Society : Restoring the Buckingham and Old Stratford arms of the Grand Union Canal.
		The 8¾ mile canal and tramroad Charnwood Forest branch was disused by 1799 and abandoned in 1848.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Grand-Union-Canal.html (1840 words)

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		Canal banks such as stretches along College Road, Ethiraj Salai and Swami Sivanandha Salai of Cooum River and along Flag Staff Road of Buckingham Canal are being improved as Parks.
		Encroachments were removed from Nungambakkam Canal banks and the canal is being converted into a closed drain for a considerable length.
		The banks of the canal are being developed as parks with walkways, waterbodies etc., for the benefit of the public.
	www.chennaicorporation.com /swd/swd6.htm (365 words)

	Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Buckingham Station
		Buckingham goods yard was located on the north side of the A421 and consisted of two sidings serving three coal wharves, a timber yard and an oil store with a loopline running through a goods shed with another short siding serving a cattle dock.
		With the support of the L and B two separate companies were formed, the Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway and the Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway.
		The remaining passenger facilities between Buckingham and Verney Junction lingered until 7th September 1964 using the diesel units transferred from the Banbury section.
	www.subbrit.org.uk /sb-sites/stations/b/buckingham/index.shtml (884 words)

	Canal History & Heritage & Canal Museums
		The Cotswold Canals Trust are working with British Waterways and the Cotswold Canals Partnership to restore the Stroudwater Canal and Thames and Severn Canal through the glorious Cotswold Hills.
		The Old Union Canals Society is dedicated to the promotion and protection of the Leicestershire and Northants Union and the ‘old’ Union Canals, Leicester to Norton Junction.
		The Trust aims to re-create the Duchess Countess, the famous last passenger packet boat, destroyed in the 1950s, as a skills-training in wooden boat-building, an educational facility and a tourist attraction.
	www.canaljunction.com /canal/society.htm (421 words)

	Milton Keynes - Canal - MKWeb
		Canal boats first travelled from London to Birmingham, through what is now Milton Keynes, in 1805.
		Peartree Bridge Marina is in the heart of Milton Keynes, nestling beside the Grand Union Canal.
		The canal museum at Stoke Bruerne portrays 200 years of canal history.
	www.mkweb.co.uk /canal/home.asp (231 words)

	Societies and restoration
		The society was formed in 1987 with the aims of preserving the line of the canal, the immediate restoration for multi-purpose recreation of all parts of the canal which remain in water, the eventual restoration of the whole canal to full navigable standard and to foster interest in the canal.
		The Thames and Medway Canal Association was formed in 1976 to halt the deterioration of the canal and its environs and promote its use as a multipurpose amenity.
		The Worcester & Birmingham Canal Society was formed in 1969 to promote the restoration, conservation and improvement of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and adjacent waterways for the use and benefit of the public.
	www.thewaterweb.net /Waterweb/Restoration.htm (2291 words)

	Buckingham Arm Canal
		But I often wondered how the canal did when it went through the river, they must have cut a ditch through there but when the water was very low it must have entered the cuttings.
		I don't know whether the ditch is there, where the canal was, but they lowered the bridge, and now they've built all the houses on the left hand side.
		Somebody took us up, and we went up the canal which was then just a ditch, but I did notice a large length of it had concrete sides to it.
	clutch.open.ac.uk /schools/brooksward01/Interview2_1918.html (2626 words)

	GLI - Community Sustainable Tourism Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tharaniselvam knew the tourist potential for Buckingham canal and Pulicat Lake areas situated on the northern end of Tamil Nadu.
		Buckingham canal was once used for the transport of goods, particularly firewood, salt, and lime shells in small country boats.
		The Government of India is considering a proposal to declare the Buckingham canal a national waterway.
	www.glinet.org /inspiredetail.asp?id=809&CatID=315 (1479 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Other International \| Rain shines on rickshaw drivers
		There is a permanent stench that lingers around the ground, caused by the evil smelling Buckingham Canal that runs directly behind the stands.
		Built as long ago as 1877 in response to a famine the previous year the smell from the canal, according to locals, goes hand in hand with cricket at the Chepauk Stadium which, it turns out, was actually moved to accommodate the course of the canal.
		In fact, a recent study concluded that the Buckingham Canal was now found to be 98%, yes 98%, effluent...
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/3754818.stm (521 words)

	wamp-pp
		Navalar Nagar, a slum clearance board tenement located on the banks of the Buckingham Canal was a typical urban slum facing several environmental problems.
		The canal located near their tenement was clogged with sewage and sullage water.
		Subsequently a task force was set up with the involvement of the residents and funds allocated for the construction of a regular storm water drain.
	www.exnora.org /wamp-pp.html (642 words)

	The Hindu : Eviction of slum families along Buckingham Canal completed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The hurdles in implementing this nature of work should be appreciated as we carried it out in a totally urban area,'' said one of the team leaders, adding that the extent of the operation covered 3.5 km and one more km, wherein around 1,000 families were now living, had to be taken up in future.
		As the rationale behind the desilting operation is to ensure that the Buckingham Canal functions as a flood carrier besides allowing the free flow of seawater into the way, the official says the city residents have to understand that the ``Operation Eviction'' is done in ``their interest''.
		The timing of the encroachment removal, prevention of future encroachment and resumption of desilting exercise are among the issues that have been raised now, as the PWD commenced the execution of Buckingham Canal desilting project about three years ago.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2002/08/09/stories/2002080907290300.htm (408 words)

	Grand Union Canal photo gallery
		The initial plan was to link Braunston in Northamptonshire (where there were other canal connections to Birmingham and the north) with the river Thames at Brentford.
		The canal had reduced the distance to London from the Midlands by 60 miles (100 kilometres) and as a result it thrived.
		Wilts and Berks Canal and Kennet and Avon Canal, but the 6-mile (10-kilometre) branch into the town, opened in 1815, was never extended.
	grandunioncanal.50webs.com (283 words)

	UK Waterways Web Ring Directory
		The canal to Buckingham ran from Cosgrove on the Grand Union along the Stratford and Buckingham Arms.
		The Cotswold Canals Trust is restoring the Stroudwater Navigation and Thames & Severn Canal for the benefit of the public.
		Home site of the Worcester Birmingham Canal Society which was formed in 1969 to promote the restoration, conservation and improvement of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and adjacent waterways for the use and benefit of the public.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /ww/directory.htm (4233 words)

	My Holidays on Inland Waterways - Itinerary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		CANALS AND RIVERS OF As a guide to others who may wish to explore the waterways of England I give a detailed list of the routes traversed.
		Basingstoke Canal (from Basingstoke, Hants, to Weybridge, Surrey)
		Ipswich Canal, Stowmarket, to Ipswich, Suffolk (River Gripping), thence on the Orwell to Harwich, Essex
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/MHIW-Itin.htm (422 words)

	Metroblogging Chennai: The Buckingham Canal: Those were the days when......
		The government of the Madras Presidency then took over the canal, and extended it further to 315 kilometres North of Chennai to Peddaganjam on the Krishna River in Andhra, and South of Madras for a 103 to Marakkanam.
		The Government of India launched a project in January 2001 to prevent sewage outfalls into the Buckingham Canal and Chennai's other waterways, and to dredge the canal to remove accumulated sediment and improve water flow.
		The Buckingham Canal acted as a buffer zone and regulated the tsunami waves on the coastal region over nearly 310 km from Pedda Ganjam to Chennai when the 2004 tsunami struck the East Coast.
	chennai.metblogs.com /archives/2006/07/the_buckingham_canal_those_wer.phtml (1158 words)

	course of water never did run smooth
		The nonchalant attitude of the city administration is turning the rivers running through Chennai into nothing more than drainage canals and most precious water is wasted because of pollution.
		The Buckingham canal is flowing (is it really flowing?) from north to south, abutting the city’s beach.
		The Otteri nullah and the Captain Cotton canal join the Buckingham canal as the Mambalam canal joins the Adyar River.
	www.chennaionline.com /cityfeature/cityriver.asp (359 words)

	Boating > Canals > Organizations > Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A major objective of the Society is the restoration of the canal to allow boats to reach the terminus at Canal Head.
		Founded in 1954 to bring together all those interested in the history of transport, with particular reference to railways and waterways, its main objects are to promote historical research and to raise the standard of published history.
		Covering the two UK canals serving the town of Droitwich, the Droitwich Barge Canal and the Droitwich Junction Canal.
	www.ebladestore.com /resources/Boating/Canals/Organizations/Europe/more3.shtml (216 words)

	Theosophy article "Mysterious Race, A" by Blavatsky
		HILE travelling from the landing place--on the Madras "Buckingham Canal"--to Nellore, we were made to experience the novel sensation of a transit of fifteen miles in comfortable modern carriages each briskly dragged by a dozen of strong, merry men, whom we took for ordinary Hindus of some of the lower or Pariah caste.
		These palankin-bearers, we were told, were of the washerman's caste, and had hard times working night and day, never having regular.
		Suppose a stranger visited their village at night, a Yanadhi could say that the village was visited by him (a stranger) by simply looking at the footsteps.
	www.blavatsky.net /blavatsky/arts/MysteriousRace.htm (1048 words)

	Buckingham canal to be extended to Tuticorin ?
		Buckingham canal to be extended to Tuticorin ?
		CHENNAI, July 20: The Tamil Nadu PWD Department is considering a proposal to extend the Buckingham canal from the present end point of Mrakkanam to the Tuticorin port in south Tamil Nadu.
		Under the scheme, a new canal will have to be laid along a 500-km route, touching Pondicherry, Karaikal, Nagapattinam, Vedaranyam, Mandapam and Kilakkarai en route.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19970722/20351123.html (125 words)

	Rains: 500 marooned in Andhra village
		Five rescue officers were trapped along with 500 residents of a village in Prakasham district of Andhra Pradesh, which bore the brunt of the rain fury.
		As the village was situated between the canal on one side and the sea on the other, villagers were trapped.
		Though there was no danger of the village being submerged as it was on elevated land, the district administration is finding it difficult to send rescuers.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/oct/28rains.htm (174 words)

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