Prestbury Tunnel
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Prestbury Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, carrying the Macclesfield Canal beneath the village of Prestbury.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prestbury Tunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4931896 — 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: Prestbury Tunnel Context triple: [Macclesfield Canal, hasTunnel, Prestbury Tunnel]
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A.
Harecastle Tunnel
Harecastle Tunnel is a historic and notoriously long canal tunnel in Staffordshire, England, known for its low, narrow passage and role in improving industrial-era transport on the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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B.
Butterley Tunnel
Butterley Tunnel is a historic 18th-century canal tunnel in Derbyshire, England, renowned as a major engineering work of the early British canal era.
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C.
Blisworth Tunnel
Blisworth Tunnel is one of the longest navigable canal tunnels in Britain, carrying the Grand Union Canal beneath the Northamptonshire countryside.
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D.
Cosgrove Tunnel
Cosgrove Tunnel is a major water-supply conduit in Massachusetts that carries drinking water from the Wachusett Reservoir toward the Boston metropolitan area.
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E.
Braunston Tunnel
Braunston Tunnel is a long 19th-century canal tunnel in Northamptonshire, England, forming a key part of the historic Grand Union Canal route.
- 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: Prestbury Tunnel Target entity description: Prestbury Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, carrying the Macclesfield Canal beneath the village of Prestbury.
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A.
Harecastle Tunnel
Harecastle Tunnel is a historic and notoriously long canal tunnel in Staffordshire, England, known for its low, narrow passage and role in improving industrial-era transport on the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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B.
Butterley Tunnel
Butterley Tunnel is a historic 18th-century canal tunnel in Derbyshire, England, renowned as a major engineering work of the early British canal era.
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C.
Blisworth Tunnel
Blisworth Tunnel is one of the longest navigable canal tunnels in Britain, carrying the Grand Union Canal beneath the Northamptonshire countryside.
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D.
Cosgrove Tunnel
Cosgrove Tunnel is a major water-supply conduit in Massachusetts that carries drinking water from the Wachusett Reservoir toward the Boston metropolitan area.
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E.
Braunston Tunnel
Braunston Tunnel is a long 19th-century canal tunnel in Northamptonshire, England, forming a key part of the historic Grand Union Canal route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal tunnel
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| carriedBy | Macclesfield Canal ⓘ |
| connects | sections of Macclesfield Canal north and south of Prestbury ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| describedAs | historic canal tunnel ⓘ |
| hasAccessVia |
Macclesfield Canal towpath
ⓘ
linked to:
Macclesfield Canal
|
| hasFunction | to carry canal beneath Prestbury ⓘ |
| hasMedium | water ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic structure ⓘ |
| isPartOfRoute |
Macclesfield Canal route
ⓘ
linked to:
Macclesfield Canal
|
| locatedIn |
Borough of Cheshire East
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheshire East
Cheshire ⓘ North West England ⓘ Prestbury ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Macclesfield ⓘ |
| partOf |
Macclesfield Canal infrastructure
ⓘ
linked to:
Macclesfield Canal
|
| passesUnder | village of Prestbury ⓘ |
| structureType | navigable tunnel ⓘ |
| traverses | subsurface beneath Prestbury ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inland water transport
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ |
| waterway | Macclesfield Canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prestbury Tunnel Description of subject: Prestbury Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, carrying the Macclesfield Canal beneath the village of Prestbury.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.