What is the name of the irrigation company established in Beaumont in 1933?
Upper Neches Valley Authority
Lower Neches Valley Authority
Beaumont Irrigation Company
Texas Water Development Board
Answer
The Lower Neches Valley Authority was established in 1933 in Beaumont to support rice culture. It was started by Joseph Eloi Broussard, who also opened the first commercially successful rice mill in Texas.
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