Hinckley Dam
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Hinckley Dam is a large reservoir dam in upstate New York that impounds West Canada Creek to provide water supply, flood control, and recreation for the surrounding region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hinckley Dam canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5357351 — 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: Hinckley Dam Context triple: [West Canada Creek, hasDam, Hinckley Dam]
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A.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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B.
Norris Dam
Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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C.
Burn Mill Dam
Burn Mill Dam is a watercourse or controlled outflow channel associated with Kinghorn Loch in Fife, Scotland.
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D.
Riley Dam
Riley Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Androscoggin River in Maine, used for power generation and river flow management.
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E.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
- 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: Hinckley Dam Target entity description: Hinckley Dam is a large reservoir dam in upstate New York that impounds West Canada Creek to provide water supply, flood control, and recreation for the surrounding region.
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A.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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B.
Norris Dam
Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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C.
Burn Mill Dam
Burn Mill Dam is a watercourse or controlled outflow channel associated with Kinghorn Loch in Fife, Scotland.
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D.
Riley Dam
Riley Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Androscoggin River in Maine, used for power generation and river flow management.
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E.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ water supply infrastructure ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createsReservoir | Hinckley Reservoir ⓘ |
| elevationCategory | upland reservoir ⓘ |
| floodControlFor |
West Canada Creek valley
ⓘ
areas downstream toward the Mohawk River ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
maintaining minimum flows in West Canada Creek
ⓘ
stabilizing water levels for canal operations ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalArea | Hinckley Reservoir public recreation areas ⓘ |
| hasUse |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ ice fishing ⓘ snowmobiling on adjacent lands ⓘ swimming ⓘ |
| impounds | West Canada Creek ⓘ |
| isInfrastructureType | multi-purpose reservoir dam ⓘ |
| locatedIn | upstate New York ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty |
Herkimer County, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Herkimer County
|
| locatedInWatershed | Mohawk River watershed ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hinckley, New York
ⓘ
Trenton, New York ⓘ |
| locatedOnWatercourse | West Canada Creek ⓘ |
| name | Hinckley Dam ⓘ |
| nearProtectedArea | Adirondack Park boundary ⓘ |
| operator | New York State Canal Corporation ⓘ |
| owner |
State of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York State
|
| partOf |
New York State canal system water supply network
ⓘ
linked to:
New York State Canal System
|
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| region | Central New York ⓘ |
| servesCity | Utica, New York ⓘ |
| servesRegion | Mohawk Valley ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
drought mitigation
ⓘ
hydrologic flow regulation ⓘ seasonal water storage ⓘ |
| usedBy |
local residents for outdoor recreation
ⓘ
tourists for seasonal recreation ⓘ |
| waterBodyTypeCreated | artificial lake ⓘ |
| waterSupplyFor |
Utica water system
ⓘ
surrounding communities in Oneida County ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hinckley Dam Description of subject: Hinckley Dam is a large reservoir dam in upstate New York that impounds West Canada Creek to provide water supply, flood control, and recreation for the surrounding region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.