Rangsit Canal

Rangsit Canal was the first irrigation project in Thailand. King Chulalongkorn ordered its construction in 1890 and assigned Prince Sai Sanitvongse (maternal grandfather of Prince Rangsit) as the project leader. The canal starts at the east bank of the Chao Phraya River in Ban Mai of Mueang Pathum Thani District in Pathum Thani Province. It then runs eastward passing by Thung Luang and empties into the Nakhon Nayok River in Ongkharak District, Nakhon Nayok Province.
In the past, the area around Rangsit Canal from Pathum Thani to Nakhon Nayok Provinces was the largest tangerine growing area in Thailand with no fewer than 150,000 rai (about 59,288 acres), producing 80% of the country's output. The Rangsit tangerine was illustrious, similar to the Bang Mot tangerine from the Bang Mot neighbourhood in Bangkok's Thonburi is today. The cultivated area is now almost completely lost, although there are efforts by many individuals to restore the tangerine orchards to their former fame. [Source: Wikipedia]

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