Ulverston Canal
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Ulverston Canal is a short historic ship canal in Cumbria, England, built in the 19th century to link the town of Ulverston to the sea for trade and transport.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ulverston Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9673150 — 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: Ulverston Canal Context triple: [Ulverston, hasCanal, Ulverston Canal]
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A.
Droitwich Canal
Droitwich Canal is a restored historic waterway in Worcestershire, England, linking the town of Droitwich Spa to the River Severn and forming part of the region’s canal network.
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B.
Landsford Canal
Landsford Canal is a historic 19th-century canal and lock system on the Catawba River in South Carolina, known for its preserved engineering structures and surrounding state park.
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C.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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D.
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
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E.
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
- 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: Ulverston Canal Target entity description: Ulverston Canal is a short historic ship canal in Cumbria, England, built in the 19th century to link the town of Ulverston to the sea for trade and transport.
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A.
Droitwich Canal
Droitwich Canal is a restored historic waterway in Worcestershire, England, linking the town of Droitwich Spa to the River Severn and forming part of the region’s canal network.
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B.
Landsford Canal
Landsford Canal is a historic 19th-century canal and lock system on the Catawba River in South Carolina, known for its preserved engineering structures and surrounding state park.
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C.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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D.
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
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E.
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ |
| builtFor |
access to deep-water shipping
ⓘ
linking Ulverston to the sea ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Irish Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morecambe Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1790s ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage attraction
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
sea lock
ⓘ
stone quays ⓘ towpath ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Canal Foot Hotel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hoad Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | Ulverston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyStructure |
Canal Foot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ulverston Canal sea lock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTransport | Ulverston railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
angling
ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | local heritage asset ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
export of iron ore
ⓘ
import of coal ⓘ import of timber ⓘ |
| length |
about 1.25 miles
ⓘ
about 2 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cumbria
ⓘ
England ⓘ North West England ⓘ Ulverston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Morecambe Bay SSSI vicinity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Furness Peninsula coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leven estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | local authority ⓘ |
| numberOfLocks | 0 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1796 ⓘ |
| owner | South Lakeland District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
trade
ⓘ
transport ⓘ |
| region | Furness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | disused as a commercial waterway ⓘ |
| terminus |
Morecambe Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ulverston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterSource | tidal waters of Morecambe Bay ⓘ |
| waterwayType | tidal canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ulverston Canal Description of subject: Ulverston Canal is a short historic ship canal in Cumbria, England, built in the 19th century to link the town of Ulverston to the sea for trade and transport.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.