Pegu River
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Pegu River
River of Burma, rising in the north-west corner of Pegu District on the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yoma, and flowing into the RANGOON RIVER immediately east of the city of Rangoon, about 1 80 miles from its source. For the first two-thirds of its course it runs in a south-easterly, and for the last third in a south-westerly direction. The only town of importance on its banks is Pegu, one of the ancient capitals of the Taking kingdom, now the head-quarters of a District, where the stream is crossed by a substantial iron bridge. Below Pegu the river is connected with the Sittang river on the east by the Pegu-Sittang Canal, a navigation channel constructed to facilitate communication between Rangoon and the Sittang. From Pegu to Rangoon the stream flows through a dead level in a winding, channel of no great breadth. At its mouth the river is about a mile wide. Here it separates the eastern portion of the city of Rangoon from Syriam, which was once famous as a trading centre and has of late shown signs of regaining a portion of its lost commercial importance. The Pegu river is navigable for light-draught steamers as high as Pegu during the rainy season.
