Old Windsor Lock

E163904

lock navigation lock structure on the River Thames

Old Windsor Lock is a historic lock on the River Thames in Berkshire, England, serving navigation near the village of Old Windsor.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Old Windsor Lock canonical	5
Boulter’s Lock	1
Old Windsor reach	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1432478 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Windsor Lock
Context triple: [Old Windsor, hasLandmark, Old Windsor Lock]

A. Old Windsor
Old Windsor is a historic village in Berkshire, England, situated on the River Thames near Windsor and known for its royal connections dating back to Saxon times.
B. Wheeler Lock
Wheeler Lock is a navigation lock on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama that helps vessels bypass Wheeler Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s waterway system.
C. Gloucester Lock
Gloucester Lock is a canal lock in the city of Gloucester, England, that connects the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal with the River Severn and manages navigation between them.
D. Latchford Lock
Latchford Lock is a major lock on the Manchester Ship Canal in Warrington, England, enabling large vessels to navigate between the River Mersey and the inland port network.
E. Thames Lock, Weybridge
Thames Lock, Weybridge is the tidal lock at the junction of the River Wey and the River Thames near Weybridge in Surrey, England.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Windsor Lock
Target entity description: Old Windsor Lock is a historic lock on the River Thames in Berkshire, England, serving navigation near the village of Old Windsor.

A. Old Windsor
Old Windsor is a historic village in Berkshire, England, situated on the River Thames near Windsor and known for its royal connections dating back to Saxon times.
B. Wheeler Lock
Wheeler Lock is a navigation lock on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama that helps vessels bypass Wheeler Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s waterway system.
C. Gloucester Lock
Gloucester Lock is a canal lock in the city of Gloucester, England, that connects the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal with the River Severn and manages navigation between them.
D. Latchford Lock
Latchford Lock is a major lock on the Manchester Ship Canal in Warrington, England, enabling large vessels to navigate between the River Mersey and the inland port network.
E. Thames Lock, Weybridge
Thames Lock, Weybridge is the tidal lock at the junction of the River Wey and the River Thames near Weybridge in Surrey, England.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lock ⓘ navigation lock ⓘ structure on the River Thames ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
hasAccess	footpath along the Thames ⓘ towpath ⓘ
hasFeature	gates ⓘ lock chamber ⓘ weir ⓘ
hasFunction	raise and lower boats ⓘ
hasUse	flood control ⓘ water level management ⓘ
hasWeir	Old Windsor Weir ⓘ
historic	true ⓘ
locatedDownstreamOf	Romney Lock ⓘ
locatedIn	Berkshire ⓘ Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead ⓘ linked to: Windsor and Maidenhead
locatedNear	Old Windsor ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway	River Thames ⓘ linked to: Thames
locatedUpstreamOf	Bell Weir Lock ⓘ
maintainedBy	Environment Agency ⓘ linked to: Environment Agency (England)
navigationAuthority	Environment Agency ⓘ linked to: Environment Agency (England)
nearLandmark	Runnymede ⓘ Windsor Castle ⓘ
nearSettlement	Old Windsor ⓘ Windsor ⓘ
partOf	River Thames navigation system ⓘ linked to: Inland waterway network of England
region	South East England ⓘ
river	River Thames ⓘ linked to: Thames
riverBank	left bank of the River Thames ⓘ
servesFor	river navigation ⓘ
usedBy	pleasure craft ⓘ trip boats ⓘ
usedFor	commercial navigation ⓘ leisure boating ⓘ
watercourse	non-tidal Thames ⓘ
waterwayDirection	between Bell Weir Lock and Romney Lock ⓘ
waterwaySection	between Staines and Windsor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Windsor → hasLandmark → Old Windsor Lock ⓘ

Maidenhead → hasLandmark → Boulter’s Lock ⓘ

linked to: Old Windsor Lock

Old Windsor Weir → locatedNear → Old Windsor Lock ⓘ

Old Windsor Weir → hasAdjacentStructure → Old Windsor Lock ⓘ

Bell Weir Lock → downstreamFrom → Old Windsor Lock ⓘ

Romney Lock → downstreamFrom → Old Windsor Lock ⓘ

River Thames at Datchet → downstreamOf → Old Windsor reach ⓘ