Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
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The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer, more direct navigation route bypassing a hazardous stretch of the River Severn.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T333006 — 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.
Target entity: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Context triple: [Severn, hasCanalConnection, Gloucester and Sharpness Canal]
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Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
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Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
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River Kennet
River Kennet is a significant chalk stream in southern England that flows through Wiltshire and Berkshire before joining the River Thames.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Target entity description: The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer, more direct navigation route bypassing a hazardous stretch of the River Severn.
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A.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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B.
Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
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C.
Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
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River Kennet
River Kennet is a significant chalk stream in southern England that flows through Wiltshire and Berkshire before joining the River Thames.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ |
| connects |
Gloucester
ⓘ
Severn ⓘ
surface form:
River Severn
Sharpness ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1794 ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| endPoint | Sharpness Docks ⓘ |
| engineeringFeature |
built to sea‑going dimensions
ⓘ
relatively few locks compared to its length ⓘ |
| hasBasin |
Gloucester Docks
ⓘ
surface form:
Gloucester Docks Basin
Saul Junction Marina ⓘ |
| hasLock |
Gloucester Lock
ⓘ
Sharpness Lock ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Cambridge Arms Bridge
ⓘ
Fretherne Bridge ⓘ High Orchard Bridge ⓘ Patch Bridge ⓘ Purton Hulks ⓘ Rea Bridge ⓘ Sandfield Bridge ⓘ Sellars Bridge ⓘ Splatt Bridge ⓘ Swing bridges ⓘ Towpath ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the historic inland waterways of England ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
bypassed dangerous shoals and tides of the River Severn
ⓘ
improved access to the inland port of Gloucester ⓘ |
| length | about 16 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gloucestershire
ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| managingOrganisation | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| maximumVesselSize | ocean‑going ships ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Slimbridge
ⓘ
surface form:
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre
|
| nearbySettlement |
Frampton on Severn
ⓘ
Saul Junction ⓘ Slimbridge ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the broadest and deepest ship canals in Britain when opened ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1827 ⓘ |
| originalName | Gloucester and Berkeley Canal ⓘ |
| purpose |
to bypass a hazardous stretch of the River Severn
ⓘ
to provide a safer navigation route than the River Severn ⓘ |
| startPoint | Gloucester Docks ⓘ |
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| usedFor |
angling
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commercial shipping (historically) ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ walking and cycling along the towpath ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Severn
ⓘ
surface form:
River Severn
|
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Subject: Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Description of subject: The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer, more direct navigation route bypassing a hazardous stretch of the River Severn.
Referenced by (48)
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