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History isn't always in textbook, sometimes it's flowing right beside you! Location: kaladhungi (Near Corbett Museum) This tranquil canal in Kaladhungi, Nainital holds a red-hot secret from 1854! When the British were building India's Railways, they needed Iron. Discovering rich ore in these hills, Britishers, set up a factory here. But how do they handle scorching hot iron? So they build a CANAL just to cool it down! This is a forgotten fragment of our industrial past, where nature was harnesse