page_title: Birmingham Corporation Water Department
section_title: Later history
hierarchical_section_title: Birmingham Corporation Water Department / Later history
caption_attribution_description: English: A cast-iron City of Birmingham Water Department stop-cock cover, embedded in the pavement in Great Barr, Birmingham, England. (probably 1930s)
context_page_description: The Birmingham Corporation Water Department was responsible for the supply of water to Birmingham, England, from 1876 to 1974. It was also known as Birmingham Corporation Waterworks Department.
context_section_description: Birmingham Corporation Water Department existed until 1974 when, under the Water Act 1973, its responsibilities were transferred to the Severn Trent Water Authority which is now Severn Trent Water.
  The city council later took unsuccessful legal action to recover its lost investment.
caption: Domestic stopcock cover set into the pavement outside a house in north Birmingham, with the initials "CBWD"
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