About Dowleswaram Barrage
The barrage across the Godavari at Dowleswaram, first built by Sir Arthur Cotton in 1852 and rebuilt in 1982, feeds the canals that made the Godavari delta India's rice bowl. A museum at the site tells Cotton's story; the river view from the bund is broad and calm.
Why visit
- Engineering that reshaped Andhra
- Cotton museum
- Sunset over the Godavari
Things to do
01Barrage walk
02Sir Arthur Cotton Museum
03Godavari sunset
