Fort Macomb
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Fort Macomb is a 19th-century masonry coastal defense fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect the approaches to the city and now preserved as a historic site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Macomb canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2618019 — 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: Fort Macomb Context triple: [Third System of US seacoast defense, hasPart, Fort Macomb]
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A.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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B.
Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip was a strategically vital British-held fortress on the island of Menorca that played a central role in Mediterranean naval conflicts, including the Battle of Minorca in 1756.
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C.
Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was a late 18th-century U.S. Army frontier outpost built at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in present-day Ohio to secure American interests in the Northwest Territory and oversee relations with Native American tribes.
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D.
Fort Mississauga
Fort Mississauga is a historic 19th-century British military fortification located at the mouth of the Niagara River in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Fort Mackinac
Fort Mackinac is a historic 18th-century military outpost and museum on Mackinac Island in Michigan, notable for its role in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
- 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: Fort Macomb Target entity description: Fort Macomb is a 19th-century masonry coastal defense fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect the approaches to the city and now preserved as a historic site.
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A.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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B.
Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip was a strategically vital British-held fortress on the island of Menorca that played a central role in Mediterranean naval conflicts, including the Battle of Minorca in 1756.
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C.
Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was a late 18th-century U.S. Army frontier outpost built at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers in present-day Ohio to secure American interests in the Northwest Territory and oversee relations with Native American tribes.
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D.
Fort Mississauga
Fort Mississauga is a historic 19th-century British military fortification located at the mouth of the Niagara River in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Fort Mackinac
Fort Mackinac is a historic 18th-century military outpost and museum on Mackinac Island in Michigan, notable for its role in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century fortification
ⓘ
coastal defense fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| abandoned | late 19th century ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | closed to general public due to safety concerns ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1830 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1822 ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentCondition | ruin ⓘ |
| dateNRHPListing | 1966 ⓘ |
| function | guarding eastern water approach to New Orleans ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
Confederate troops
ⓘ
United States Army personnel ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army troops
|
| hasCategory |
Buildings and structures in Orleans Parish, Louisiana
ⓘ
Forts in Louisiana ⓘ Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
casemates
ⓘ
moat ⓘ outer earthworks ⓘ parade ground ⓘ |
| hasShape | irregular star fort ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
place listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| isOpenToPublic | no ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
ⓘ
Orleans Parish ⓘ
surface form:
Orleans Parish, Louisiana
|
| locatedNear |
Lake Borgne
ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
surface form:
New Orleans, Louisiana
|
| locatedOn | Chef Menteur Pass ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana Office of State Parks
|
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
masonry ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Alexander Macomb
ⓘ
surface form:
General Alexander Macomb
|
| nearbyStructure | U.S. Highway 90 bridge over Chef Menteur Pass ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 66000375 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Louisiana
|
| partOf |
Third System of US seacoast defense
ⓘ
surface form:
Third System of US coastal fortifications
|
| previousName | Fort Wood ⓘ |
| region |
Gulf Coast of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf Coast
|
| significantEvent | damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal artillery
ⓘ
defense of approaches to New Orleans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Macomb Description of subject: Fort Macomb is a 19th-century masonry coastal defense fortification near New Orleans, Louisiana, built to protect the approaches to the city and now preserved as a historic site.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.