The original plan envisioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1940's to alleviate flooding in Houston called for not only the Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs , but another reservoir on White Oak Bayou with a canal to the San Jacinto River, a canal from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs to Galveston Bay, and further straightening and enlarging of Buffalo Bayou -- all elements that were never constructed.
The original plan envisioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1940's to alleviate flooding in Houston called for not only the Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs , but another reservoir on White Oak Bayou with a canal to the San Jacinto River, a canal from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs to Galveston Bay, and further straightening and enlarging of Buffalo Bayou -- all elements that were never constructed.
The original plan envisioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1940's to alleviate flooding in Houston called for not only the Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs , but another reservoir on White Oak Bayou with a canal to the San Jacinto River, a canal from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs to Galveston Bay, and further straightening and enlarging of Buffalo Bayou -- all elements that were never constructed.