For those interested in a short-ish historical perspective on the development of canal system in the lower Chao Phraya Basin bsky.app/profile/nick...
Waiting on my next book to arrive in the mail, so reading the Siam Society classic "The Historical Geography of the Canal System in the Chao Phraya River Delta" (1977)
Feel free to read along!
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Feel free to read along!
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September 30, 2026 at 8:22 AM
For those interested in a short-ish historical perspective on the development of canal system in the lower Chao Phraya Basin bsky.app/profile/nick...
Starting a thread for a new long-term project to research the history of Rangsit, a large plain north of Bangkok that has gone from marsh to rice basket to factory town to exurb over the last 150 years
Hoping it'll get me to engage more local sources, and if I'm living here I figure might as well
Hoping it'll get me to engage more local sources, and if I'm living here I figure might as well
October 1, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Starting a thread for a new long-term project to research the history of Rangsit, a large plain north of Bangkok that has gone from marsh to rice basket to factory town to exurb over the last 150 years
Hoping it'll get me to engage more local sources, and if I'm living here I figure might as well
Hoping it'll get me to engage more local sources, and if I'm living here I figure might as well
Parallel kommt aber aus dem Norden Wasser durch das #Chao-Phraya-System. Die Abgabe am Chao-Phraya-Damm wurde in den vergangenen Tagen auf ungefähr 1.750–1.850 m³/s erhöht. Dadurch steigen flussabwärts die Wasserstände – besonders außerhalb geschützter Deiche.
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September 27, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Parallel kommt aber aus dem Norden Wasser durch das #Chao-Phraya-System. Die Abgabe am Chao-Phraya-Damm wurde in den vergangenen Tagen auf ungefähr 1.750–1.850 m³/s erhöht. Dadurch steigen flussabwärts die Wasserstände – besonders außerhalb geschützter Deiche.
Interesting. The fertile Chao Phraya plain is the heart of Siam
But when the Tai first moved south c. 1200, their society was based on using hills to gravity power valley irrigation
The plain was too flat, and so they didn't settle it for awhile
The Siamese are mountain people in a flat land
But when the Tai first moved south c. 1200, their society was based on using hills to gravity power valley irrigation
The plain was too flat, and so they didn't settle it for awhile
The Siamese are mountain people in a flat land
August 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Interesting. The fertile Chao Phraya plain is the heart of Siam
But when the Tai first moved south c. 1200, their society was based on using hills to gravity power valley irrigation
The plain was too flat, and so they didn't settle it for awhile
The Siamese are mountain people in a flat land
But when the Tai first moved south c. 1200, their society was based on using hills to gravity power valley irrigation
The plain was too flat, and so they didn't settle it for awhile
The Siamese are mountain people in a flat land
However, this older form of assimilation was soon overwhelmed by capitalist production
Chinese migrants, unbound by Siam's feudal system, came to be valued as wage labor
Employed in everything from tin mining and sugar production to canal construction, migrants swelled to over 1 million by 1850
Chinese migrants, unbound by Siam's feudal system, came to be valued as wage labor
Employed in everything from tin mining and sugar production to canal construction, migrants swelled to over 1 million by 1850
May 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
However, this older form of assimilation was soon overwhelmed by capitalist production
Chinese migrants, unbound by Siam's feudal system, came to be valued as wage labor
Employed in everything from tin mining and sugar production to canal construction, migrants swelled to over 1 million by 1850
Chinese migrants, unbound by Siam's feudal system, came to be valued as wage labor
Employed in everything from tin mining and sugar production to canal construction, migrants swelled to over 1 million by 1850
Just found out the Rangsit Canal system, a massive grid of waterways that encompasses the area I live, was constructed in the late 1800s less as an irrigation system and more as a scheme by speculators to maximally exploit a law that allowed canal builders to gain title to adjoining land for sale
March 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Just found out the Rangsit Canal system, a massive grid of waterways that encompasses the area I live, was constructed in the late 1800s less as an irrigation system and more as a scheme by speculators to maximally exploit a law that allowed canal builders to gain title to adjoining land for sale
Waiting on my next book to arrive in the mail, so reading the Siam Society classic "The Historical Geography of the Canal System in the Chao Phraya River Delta" (1977)
Feel free to read along!
thesiamsociety.org/knowledge-hu...
Feel free to read along!
thesiamsociety.org/knowledge-hu...
thesiamsociety.org
March 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Waiting on my next book to arrive in the mail, so reading the Siam Society classic "The Historical Geography of the Canal System in the Chao Phraya River Delta" (1977)
Feel free to read along!
thesiamsociety.org/knowledge-hu...
Feel free to read along!
thesiamsociety.org/knowledge-hu...
Good to know Thailand’s wireless emergency alert system now works. This alert is about flood impact from high discharge rate in the Chao Phraya river and tidal surge causing water levels to rise in the Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani areas.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Good to know Thailand’s wireless emergency alert system now works. This alert is about flood impact from high discharge rate in the Chao Phraya river and tidal surge causing water levels to rise in the Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani areas.