Bailey's Dam
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Bailey's Dam was an improvised Civil War engineering feat on the Red River in Louisiana, built in 1864 to raise water levels and allow trapped Union gunboats to escape during the Red River Campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bailey's Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10403507 — 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: Bailey's Dam Context triple: [Red River Campaign (participation), notableEngagement, Bailey's Dam]
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A.
Barker Dam
Barker Dam is a historic water reservoir and popular scenic spot located within Joshua Tree National Park in California.
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B.
Brantley Dam
Brantley Dam is a major flood-control and irrigation reservoir structure on the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico.
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C.
Bartlett Dam
Bartlett Dam is a concrete multiple-arch dam in central Arizona that creates Bartlett Lake, providing water storage, flood control, and recreation on the Verde River.
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D.
Apalachia Dam
Apalachia Dam is a hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina that impounds the Hiwassee River to generate power and help manage regional water resources.
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E.
Wells Dam
Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, known for its distinctive hydrocombine design and role in regional power generation and fish passage.
- 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: Bailey's Dam Target entity description: Bailey's Dam was an improvised Civil War engineering feat on the Red River in Louisiana, built in 1864 to raise water levels and allow trapped Union gunboats to escape during the Red River Campaign.
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A.
Barker Dam
Barker Dam is a historic water reservoir and popular scenic spot located within Joshua Tree National Park in California.
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B.
Brantley Dam
Brantley Dam is a major flood-control and irrigation reservoir structure on the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico.
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C.
Bartlett Dam
Bartlett Dam is a concrete multiple-arch dam in central Arizona that creates Bartlett Lake, providing water storage, flood control, and recreation on the Verde River.
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D.
Apalachia Dam
Apalachia Dam is a hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina that impounds the Hiwassee River to generate power and help manage regional water resources.
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E.
Wells Dam
Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, known for its distinctive hydrocombine design and role in regional power generation and fish passage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War site
ⓘ
civil engineering structure ⓘ dam ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
David Dixon Porter
ⓘ
Nathaniel P. Banks ⓘ |
| builtBy | Union Army engineers ⓘ |
| campaign |
Red River Campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Red River campaign
|
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| constructedDuring |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Red River Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Red River campaign
|
| constructedIn | 1864 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
stone
ⓘ
sunken barges ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | wing dams extending from both banks toward midstream ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedBy | Joseph Bailey ⓘ |
| event | passage of Union gunboats over the raised river created by the dam ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | recognized as a historic Civil War engineering site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alexandria, Louisiana
ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ Red River ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locationRelativeTo | near Alexandria rapids on the Red River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Bailey ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rapid construction under combat conditions
ⓘ
saving a large portion of the Union Mississippi Squadron ⓘ |
| operator | Union Army ⓘ |
| partOf | Union withdrawal from the Red River Campaign ⓘ |
| purpose |
to allow trapped Union gunboats to escape
ⓘ
to raise the water level of the Red River ⓘ |
| river | Red River of the South ⓘ |
| significance |
considered a notable feat of improvised military engineering
ⓘ
enabled the escape of Union gunboats trapped above the Alexandria rapids ⓘ |
| status | no longer extant as an operational dam ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Union Army
ⓘ
Union Navy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bailey's Dam Description of subject: Bailey's Dam was an improvised Civil War engineering feat on the Red River in Louisiana, built in 1864 to raise water levels and allow trapped Union gunboats to escape during the Red River Campaign.
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