Willacy County Irrigation System – Raymondville TX

City:
Raymondville, TX

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1940

Description

A massive long-term project undertaken with PWA funding was the construction of a waterworks and irrigation system in Willacy County, TX.

The $4,853,000 PWA allotment aided nearly 75,000 combined acres in Willacy and Hidalgo counties. The work included “a pumping plant, settling basin, canals and distributing pipe line.” (The Orange Leader)

Source notes

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth289540/m1/1 "Five Million Alloted PWA Project"; The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 290, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 10, 1933 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299629/m1/4/zoom/?q=PWA

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 15, 2014.

Location Info


Raymondville, TX Willacy County

Location notes: Marker is for the city of Raymondville, the county seat of Willacy county.

Coordinates: 26.4814565, -97.78305

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