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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 . Early history 1808–1876
Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks Company (1856) 11 Ex Ch 781 [1] concerns reasonableness in the law of negligence. It is famous for its classic statement of what negligence is and the standard of care to be met.
City of Birmingham Waterworks: A Short History of the Development of the Undertaking, with a Description of the Existing Works and Sources of Supply. Birmingham: City of Birmingham, Water Committee. 1955. (Note: Published July 1954, on the 50 year Jubilee of the Elan Supply Scheme). Judge, Colin W. [1987] (1997).
Frankley Water Treatment Works is a drinking water plant at Frankley, Birmingham, England. Owned by Severn Trent Water , it supplies drinking water to Birmingham and the surrounding area. The plant treats water from the Elan Valley in Wales , which arrives at Frankley Reservoir by gravity feed along the Elan aqueduct with a gradient of 1 in 2,300.
Frankley Reservoir is a semi-circular reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water. [1] Its construction was authorised by the Birmingham Corporation Water Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. clxxiii) It was built by Birmingham Corporation Water Department to designs by Abram Kellett of Ealing in 1904.
The water for Birmingham and the intermediate urbanized area is served by the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB). A public authority that was established in 1951, the BWWB serves all of Jefferson, northern Shelby, western St. Clair counties.
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This waterworks manages domestic water supply whereas the reservoir was built to feed the canal system. It has been suggested, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but not proven, that the towers of Perrott's Folly and Edgbaston Waterworks may have influenced references to towers in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien , who lived nearby as a child.