Stop valve cover for South Warwickshire Water Board, Frances Avenue, Warwick

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Stop valve cover for South Warwickshire Water Board, Frances Avenue, Warwick

Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 1 Jul 2014

The SWWB officially came into existence in 1963. In 1974 it was one of 21 water authorities in the Midlands that was subsumed into the Severn Trent Water Authority. STWA was privatised in 1989 and is now traded on the Stock exchange as Severn Trent plc. Sources: Wikipedia: 'Severn Trent' Mark Craig. Water supply in Royal Leamington Spa… 1875-1992. Severn Trent Water 1993. (No ISBN shown).

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