Telford Tunnel
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Telford Tunnel is one of the two parallel canal tunnels at Harecastle on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Staffordshire, England, designed by engineer Thomas Telford to improve navigation capacity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brindley Tunnel | 1 |
| New Harecastle Tunnel | 1 |
| Telford Tunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9902189 — 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: Telford Tunnel Context triple: [Harecastle Tunnel, hasPart, Telford Tunnel]
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A.
Mountfield Tunnel
Mountfield Tunnel is a railway tunnel in East Sussex, England, carrying the Tonbridge–Hastings line through the countryside near the village of Mountfield.
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B.
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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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.
Caldecott Tunnel
The Caldecott Tunnel is a major highway tunnel in the San Francisco Bay Area that carries traffic through the Berkeley Hills between Oakland and Contra Costa County.
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E.
Malpas Tunnel
Malpas Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in southern France, notable as one of the first navigable tunnels built for the Canal du Midi in the 17th century.
- 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: Telford Tunnel Target entity description: Telford Tunnel is one of the two parallel canal tunnels at Harecastle on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Staffordshire, England, designed by engineer Thomas Telford to improve navigation capacity.
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A.
Mountfield Tunnel
Mountfield Tunnel is a railway tunnel in East Sussex, England, carrying the Tonbridge–Hastings line through the countryside near the village of Mountfield.
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B.
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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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.
Caldecott Tunnel
The Caldecott Tunnel is a major highway tunnel in the San Francisco Bay Area that carries traffic through the Berkeley Hills between Oakland and Contra Costa County.
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E.
Malpas Tunnel
Malpas Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in southern France, notable as one of the first navigable tunnels built for the Canal du Midi in the 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal tunnel
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| architect | Thomas Telford ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Brindley Tunnel (older, less efficient)
ⓘ
linked to:
Preston Brook Tunnel
|
| connects |
Kidsgrove area of Staffordshire
ⓘ
linked to:
North Staffordshire
|
| constructionMaterial |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designer | Thomas Telford ⓘ |
| engineer | Thomas Telford ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Harecastle New Tunnel
ⓘ
linked to:
Harecastle Tunnel
|
| hasDirection | north–south alignment (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringSignificance | example of Thomas Telford’s canal improvements ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
narrow single-bore design
ⓘ
towpath removed (boat legging or mechanical haulage) ⓘ ventilation shafts ⓘ |
| hasFunction | navigation tunnel for boats ⓘ |
| hasLighting | artificial lighting for navigation ⓘ |
| hasNavigationRestriction |
controlled passage for boats
ⓘ
limited headroom ⓘ |
| hasStatus | navigable canal tunnel ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of historic British canal network ⓘ |
| isOnRoute |
Trent and Mersey Canal main line
ⓘ
linked to:
Trent and Mersey Canal
|
| isPartOf |
Harecastle tunnel complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Harecastle Tunnel
|
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Harecastle ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Kidsgrove
ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Telford ⓘ |
| openingDate | 19th century ⓘ |
| owner | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Brindley Tunnel
ⓘ
linked to:
Telford Tunnel
|
| partOf |
British inland waterways network
ⓘ
Harecastle Tunnels ⓘ
linked to:
Harecastle Tunnel
Trent and Mersey Canal infrastructure ⓘ
linked to:
Trent and Mersey Canal
|
| purpose |
improve navigation capacity
ⓘ
increase canal traffic throughput ⓘ |
| region |
West Midlands (England)
ⓘ
linked to:
West Midlands
|
| replacedFunctionOf | Brindley Tunnel capacity ⓘ |
| safetyMeasure | controlled entry system ⓘ |
| transportMode | waterborne traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor | inland water transport ⓘ |
| waterwaySystem | English canal system ⓘ |
| waterwayType | canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Telford Tunnel Description of subject: Telford Tunnel is one of the two parallel canal tunnels at Harecastle on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Staffordshire, England, designed by engineer Thomas Telford to improve navigation capacity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Telford Tunnel
linked to: Telford Tunnel