Blea Moor Tunnel
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Blea Moor Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in North Yorkshire, England, carrying the Settle–Carlisle line beneath Blea Moor in the Yorkshire Dales.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blea Moor Tunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5372388 — 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: Blea Moor Tunnel Context triple: [Settle–Carlisle line, hasTunnel, Blea Moor Tunnel]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Blea Moor Tunnel Target entity description: Blea Moor Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in North Yorkshire, England, carrying the Settle–Carlisle line beneath Blea Moor in the Yorkshire Dales.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | railway tunnel ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Victorian railway engineering ⓘ |
| builtBy | contractors for Midland Railway ⓘ |
| builtFor | Midland Railway ⓘ |
| category |
Railway tunnels in North Yorkshire
ⓘ
Settle–Carlisle line ⓘ Tunnels completed in 1875 ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | driven from multiple shafts ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1870 ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| crossesUnder |
Blea Moor plateau
ⓘ
linked to:
Blea Moor
|
| electrification | not electrified ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasGradient | significant ruling gradient on approaches ⓘ |
| hasPortal |
north portal
ⓘ
south portal ⓘ |
| hasSignalling | controlled remotely ⓘ |
| hasVentilationShaft | yes ⓘ |
| historicCounty | Yorkshire ⓘ |
| length |
about 2404 metres
ⓘ
about 2629 yards ⓘ |
| lineServed | Settle–Carlisle line ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Yorkshire
ⓘ
Yorkshire Dales ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Settle–Carlisle route between Ribblehead and Dent
ⓘ
linked to:
Settle–Carlisle line
|
| locatedUnder | Blea Moor ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Network Rail ⓘ |
| material | masonry lining ⓘ |
| near |
Dent
ⓘ
Ribblehead ⓘ Ribblehead Viaduct ⓘ |
| northPortalLocation | near Dent Head ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the major engineering works on the Settle–Carlisle line ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1875 ⓘ |
| operator | Network Rail ⓘ |
| owner | Network Rail ⓘ |
| partOf |
Settle–Carlisle railway
ⓘ
linked to:
Settle–Carlisle line
|
| passesThrough | Blea Moor ⓘ |
| railwayRegion | Northern England ⓘ |
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ |
| safetyFeatures | refuges in tunnel walls ⓘ |
| southPortalLocation | near Ribblehead ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| terrain | upland moorland ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | double track ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight rail traffic
ⓘ
passenger rail traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blea Moor Tunnel Description of subject: Blea Moor Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in North Yorkshire, England, carrying the Settle–Carlisle line beneath Blea Moor in the Yorkshire Dales.
Referenced by (1)
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