No traffic, no bag snatchers. Obviously I need to clarify that I meant living as a senior colonial official or a member of the Royal court, not as a coolie pulling a Rickshaw.
pictures of Phnom Penh canals??
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A few more I dug up:
A view from Wat Phnom in 1885:
The Fabre bridge in the early 20th century, with Russei Keo church in the background.
This picture is from above the Monument aux Morts which commemorated Cambodian efforts in WWI. In the foreground you can see part of the Fabre canal with a sluice coming from Boeng Kak You can see the narrow gauge elevated railway, this was used to transport sand to fill in the areas around Monivong (mostly swamp and lake on the right of the picture), Boeng Decho (in the background-where Psah Thmei was built) and the aforementioned canals.
A view of St 108 from maybe the 40s, part of the Chinese quarter in those days:
The park in around 1990, where the night market is now:
A view from Wat Phnom in 1885:
The Fabre bridge in the early 20th century, with Russei Keo church in the background.
This picture is from above the Monument aux Morts which commemorated Cambodian efforts in WWI. In the foreground you can see part of the Fabre canal with a sluice coming from Boeng Kak You can see the narrow gauge elevated railway, this was used to transport sand to fill in the areas around Monivong (mostly swamp and lake on the right of the picture), Boeng Decho (in the background-where Psah Thmei was built) and the aforementioned canals.
A view of St 108 from maybe the 40s, part of the Chinese quarter in those days:
The park in around 1990, where the night market is now:
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Had not seen most of those pics, thanks, great stuff.
Does the Monument Aux Morts still survive?
Does the Monument Aux Morts still survive?
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No, it was blown up in 1975. There are some parts of it around the outside of the National Museum. This was how it looked in 1992:
Picture by George Moore. Edited because the date was wrong.
Picture by George Moore. Edited because the date was wrong.
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Why hasn’t anyone posted a photo of the barang in the canal from a few months back?
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There used to be a large transport boat that delivered shallots from the Mekong to other parts of PP via the canals.
It was an onion bargee.
It was an onion bargee.
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Would have been great apart from the lack of aircon.
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The canals were first built in the 15th century when the capital was established by King Ponhea Yat. The first palace was built a little to the SE of Wat Phnom, in the area now covered by the 106/108 st park. A large amount of soil was used to fill the ground around Wat Phnom and the palace, it was taken from the area where Psah Thmey now stands, which turned that area into a swamp/lake called Boeung Decho.
There was a canal built from the river to the palace, to a small reservoir supply water, it was covered over with stones to make it underground. The canal in the south was called Prek Ta Kev/ Keo (Prek is a canal, Ta Kev/ Keo means stream. Part of this still existed till it was filled in building Independence Monument, and it was later connected to the "Sacred Lake" where the park at Wat Botum is now. The canal to the west was called Prek O' Kor ( Silkweed Stream) - a bit west of present day Monivong, and to the north was Prek Pum Peay, which was also called Prek Chan Dam Dek (canal where Chinese beat metal) because there were Chinese blacksmiths who made swords there. This was just south of where the Chruoy Changva Bridge is now. So the French basically just improved/ expanded some of the canals that already existed.
Picture from "Modern Khmer Cities" by Vann Molyvann.
There was a canal built from the river to the palace, to a small reservoir supply water, it was covered over with stones to make it underground. The canal in the south was called Prek Ta Kev/ Keo (Prek is a canal, Ta Kev/ Keo means stream. Part of this still existed till it was filled in building Independence Monument, and it was later connected to the "Sacred Lake" where the park at Wat Botum is now. The canal to the west was called Prek O' Kor ( Silkweed Stream) - a bit west of present day Monivong, and to the north was Prek Pum Peay, which was also called Prek Chan Dam Dek (canal where Chinese beat metal) because there were Chinese blacksmiths who made swords there. This was just south of where the Chruoy Changva Bridge is now. So the French basically just improved/ expanded some of the canals that already existed.
Picture from "Modern Khmer Cities" by Vann Molyvann.
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Very good photos chaps.
I thought it said anals so didn't look.
Excellent stuff.
I thought it said anals so didn't look.
Excellent stuff.
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On a related note, an aerial photo of Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital from the early 60s, probably not long after the facility was completed. On the right you can see the Stung Meanchey (Meanchey Creek) which was quite a bit wider and more extensive then. The off-flow from Boeung Salang came down that creek, and still does but it's a bit more polluted these days. As you can see there are only a few bamboo bridges and the area south (part of the vast Boeung Tumpun)is just farmland, this situation didn't change much till a couple of concrete bridges were constructed (with Australian Aid) in 2004.
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