Hertford Union Canal
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The Hertford Union Canal is a short canal in East London that links the Regent’s Canal to the River Lee Navigation, forming part of the city’s historic inland waterway network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hertford Union Canal canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10975966 — 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: Hertford Union Canal Context triple: [Bow, hasNearbyWaterway, Hertford Union Canal]
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A.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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B.
Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal
The Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal is a narrow canal branch in Buckinghamshire, England, linking the town of Aylesbury to the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
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C.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
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D.
Pembroke Canal
Pembroke Canal is a waterway in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, historically used to improve local transportation and drainage within the parish.
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E.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
- 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: Hertford Union Canal Target entity description: The Hertford Union Canal is a short canal in East London that links the Regent’s Canal to the River Lee Navigation, forming part of the city’s historic inland waterway network.
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A.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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B.
Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal
The Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal is a narrow canal branch in Buckinghamshire, England, linking the town of Aylesbury to the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
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C.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
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D.
Pembroke Canal
Pembroke Canal is a waterway in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, historically used to improve local transportation and drainage within the parish.
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E.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Duckett's Cut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Regent's Canal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Lee Navigation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1824 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentManager | Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
Gunmakers Lane Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wick Lane Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLock |
Hertford Union Bottom Lock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hertford Union Middle Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ Hertford Union Top Lock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLocks | 3 ⓘ |
| hasTowpath | yes ⓘ |
| heritage | part of London’s historic industrial waterways ⓘ |
| laterOwner |
Grand Union Canal Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Regent's Canal Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length |
about 1 mile
ⓘ
about 1.5 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ London Borough of Tower Hamlets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lockFlightLocation | Old Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navigationAuthority | Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedForTraffic | 1830 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1830 ⓘ |
| originalEngineer | Francis Giles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Hertford Union Canal Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPromoter | Sir George Duckett GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf |
British canal network
ⓘ
Lee and Stort Navigations system (via River Lee Navigation) NERFINISHED ⓘ inland waterway network of London ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Victoria Park, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
leisure boating
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ |
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| terminusEast | River Lee Navigation at Old Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminusWest | Regent's Canal at Mile End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| towpathUse |
cycling
ⓘ
walking ⓘ |
| waterwayLinkFunction | provides shortcut between Regent's Canal and River Lee Navigation ⓘ |
| waterwayType | narrow canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hertford Union Canal Description of subject: The Hertford Union Canal is a short canal in East London that links the Regent’s Canal to the River Lee Navigation, forming part of the city’s historic inland waterway network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.