river canalization

In 1929, President Herbert Hoover dedicated the completion of the Ohio River canalization.

Lake Bridgeport has its origins as Bridgeport Reservoir, a component of the Triniy River canalization plan to prevent flooding along the West Fork of the Trinity River.

Forty years later, Peruvian architect Santiago Agurto established four subtypes by dividing The first two types were used on important buildings or perimeter walls while the last two were employed mostly on terrace walls and river canalization.