Milngavie waterworks aqueducts
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The Milngavie waterworks aqueducts are a historic network of Victorian-era conduits that transport fresh water from Loch Katrine to supply the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glasgow water supply system | 1 |
| Milngavie waterworks aqueducts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8132536 — 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: Milngavie waterworks aqueducts Context triple: [Loch Katrine, hasAqueduct, Milngavie waterworks aqueducts]
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A.
Kelvin Aqueduct
Kelvin Aqueduct is a historic canal aqueduct in Glasgow, Scotland, that carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin.
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B.
Dundas Aqueduct
Dundas Aqueduct is a historic stone aqueduct in southwest England that carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line railway.
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C.
Avoncliff Aqueduct
Avoncliff Aqueduct is a historic stone structure in Wiltshire, England, that carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and a railway line.
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D.
Monklands Canal
Monklands Canal was an important 18th–19th century Scottish waterway built to transport coal and other industrial goods between the Monklands coalfields and Glasgow.
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E.
Chirk Aqueduct
Chirk Aqueduct is a historic early-19th-century navigable aqueduct in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford to carry the Llangollen Canal across the River Ceiriog near the town of Chirk.
- 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: Milngavie waterworks aqueducts Target entity description: The Milngavie waterworks aqueducts are a historic network of Victorian-era conduits that transport fresh water from Loch Katrine to supply the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
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A.
Kelvin Aqueduct
Kelvin Aqueduct is a historic canal aqueduct in Glasgow, Scotland, that carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin.
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B.
Dundas Aqueduct
Dundas Aqueduct is a historic stone aqueduct in southwest England that carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line railway.
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C.
Avoncliff Aqueduct
Avoncliff Aqueduct is a historic stone structure in Wiltshire, England, that carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and a railway line.
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D.
Monklands Canal
Monklands Canal was an important 18th–19th century Scottish waterway built to transport coal and other industrial goods between the Monklands coalfields and Glasgow.
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E.
Chirk Aqueduct
Chirk Aqueduct is a historic early-19th-century navigable aqueduct in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford to carry the Llangollen Canal across the River Ceiriog near the town of Chirk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian-era engineering work
ⓘ
aqueduct system ⓘ water supply infrastructure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Glasgow Corporation Water Works
ⓘ
linked to:
Loch Katrine waterworks
Loch Katrine waterworks ⓘ Milngavie reservoirs ⓘ |
| connects |
Loch Katrine
ⓘ
Milngavie water treatment works ⓘ
linked to:
Milngavie Reservoirs
|
| constructionMaterial |
brick
ⓘ
cast iron pipes ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1850s ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| designedBy | John Frederick Bateman ⓘ |
| designedFor | supplying fresh drinking water ⓘ |
| engineeringDiscipline | civil engineering ⓘ |
| engineeringType | gravity-fed aqueduct ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| feeds | Milngavie water treatment facilities ⓘ |
| function | transport potable water ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Lowlands of Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Lowlands of Scotland
|
| heritageStatus | historic infrastructure ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | major 19th-century municipal water project ⓘ |
| includesStructureType |
bridges
ⓘ
covered aqueducts ⓘ open channels ⓘ tunnels ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Dunbartonshire
ⓘ
Milngavie ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Milngavie reservoirs trail ⓘ |
| notableFor |
improving public health in Glasgow
ⓘ
long-distance gravity water conveyance ⓘ |
| openedForUse | 1859 ⓘ |
| operator | Scottish Water ⓘ |
| owner | Glasgow City Council ⓘ |
| partOf |
Glasgow water supply system
ⓘ
linked to:
Milngavie waterworks aqueducts
Loch Katrine to Glasgow water supply scheme ⓘ
linked to:
Loch Katrine waterworks
|
| purpose | public water supply ⓘ |
| regionServed | West Central Scotland ⓘ |
| serves | Glasgow ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo |
City of Glasgow
ⓘ
linked to:
Glasgow
Greater Glasgow area ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Glasgow
|
| waterSource | Loch Katrine ⓘ |
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Subject: Milngavie waterworks aqueducts Description of subject: The Milngavie waterworks aqueducts are a historic network of Victorian-era conduits that transport fresh water from Loch Katrine to supply the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
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linked to: Milngavie waterworks aqueducts