Guernsey Dam
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Guernsey Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in eastern Wyoming that creates Guernsey Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management in the North Platte River Basin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Guernsey Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10547432 — 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: Guernsey Dam Context triple: [North Platte River, hasDam, Guernsey Dam]
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A.
Gardiner Dam
Gardiner Dam is one of Canada's largest earth-filled dams, located in Saskatchewan and forming Lake Diefenbaker for hydroelectric power, irrigation, and flood control.
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B.
Irving Dam
Irving Dam is a man-made structure on Michigan’s Thornapple River used primarily for water level control and related river management.
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C.
Granby Dam
Granby Dam is a major earthfill dam in Colorado that forms Lake Granby, a key storage reservoir supplying water for irrigation, municipal use, and power generation in the region.
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D.
Dartmouth Dam
Dartmouth Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam in Victoria, Australia, forming the Dartmouth Reservoir and playing a key role in water storage and flow regulation in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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E.
Faraday Dam
Faraday Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Clackamas River in Oregon, used for power generation and river flow management.
- 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: Guernsey Dam Target entity description: Guernsey Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in eastern Wyoming that creates Guernsey Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management in the North Platte River Basin.
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A.
Gardiner Dam
Gardiner Dam is one of Canada's largest earth-filled dams, located in Saskatchewan and forming Lake Diefenbaker for hydroelectric power, irrigation, and flood control.
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B.
Irving Dam
Irving Dam is a man-made structure on Michigan’s Thornapple River used primarily for water level control and related river management.
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C.
Granby Dam
Granby Dam is a major earthfill dam in Colorado that forms Lake Granby, a key storage reservoir supplying water for irrigation, municipal use, and power generation in the region.
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D.
Dartmouth Dam
Dartmouth Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam in Victoria, Australia, forming the Dartmouth Reservoir and playing a key role in water storage and flow regulation in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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E.
Faraday Dam
Faraday Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Clackamas River in Oregon, used for power generation and river flow management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete arch-gravity dam
ⓘ
dam ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bureau of Reclamation North Platte Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| constructionBegan | 1925 ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1927 ⓘ |
| constructionEra | 1920s ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | State of Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| county | Platte County, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createsReservoir | Guernsey Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | North Platte River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damType | arch-gravity ⓘ |
| function |
regulating seasonal flows of the North Platte River
ⓘ
supplying irrigation water to agricultural lands in Wyoming and Nebraska ⓘ |
| hasPowerPlant | yes ⓘ |
| height |
135 ft
ⓘ
about 41 m ⓘ |
| length |
about 610 m
ⓘ
approx 2,000 ft ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Wyoming
ⓘ
eastern Wyoming ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Guernsey, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | North Platte River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managesWaterFor | North Platte River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| nearCity | Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearProtectedArea | Guernsey State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfProject | North Platte Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ water management ⓘ |
| regionServed | North Platte River irrigation districts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | about 71,000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Guernsey Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spillwayType | gated overflow spillway ⓘ |
| state | Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flow regulation
ⓘ
power generation ⓘ storage for downstream irrigation ⓘ |
| watercourse | North Platte River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guernsey Dam Description of subject: Guernsey Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in eastern Wyoming that creates Guernsey Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management in the North Platte River Basin.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.