Cannock Extension Canal
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Cannock Extension Canal is a historic branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in Staffordshire, England, originally built to serve local collieries and now partly preserved as a rural waterway and nature site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cannock Extension Canal canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11471594 — 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: Cannock Extension Canal Context triple: [Birmingham Canal Navigations, hasPart, Cannock Extension Canal]
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A.
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.
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B.
Loughborough Canal
Loughborough Canal is a waterway serving the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, forming part of the region’s historic canal network for transport and leisure boating.
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C.
Leicester Canal
The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
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D.
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.
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E.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
- 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: Cannock Extension Canal Target entity description: Cannock Extension Canal is a historic branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in Staffordshire, England, originally built to serve local collieries and now partly preserved as a rural waterway and nature site.
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A.
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.
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B.
Loughborough Canal
Loughborough Canal is a waterway serving the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, forming part of the region’s historic canal network for transport and leisure boating.
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C.
Leicester Canal
The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
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D.
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.
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E.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch canal
ⓘ
canal ⓘ |
| cargo |
coal
ⓘ
industrial materials ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Wyrley and Essington Canal ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1860 ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentUse |
angling
ⓘ
walking ⓘ wildlife observation ⓘ |
| endPoint | Hednesford ⓘ |
| environmentalDesignation | Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ |
| era | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | Local heritage asset ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Cannock Chase coalfield
ⓘ
linked to:
South Staffordshire coalfield
|
| hasNearbySettlement |
Cannock
ⓘ
Norton Canes ⓘ Wyrley Bank ⓘ
linked to:
Wyrley
|
| hasSection |
disused northern section
ⓘ
rural section near Norton Canes ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Bridgtown Aqueduct
ⓘ
locks ⓘ |
| heritageCategory | historic inland waterway ⓘ |
| historicalOwner |
Birmingham Canal Navigations Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham Canal Company
|
| length | 4.5 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cannock Chase District
ⓘ
Great Wyrley ⓘ Norton Canes ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Canal and River Trust
ⓘ
linked to:
Canal & River Trust
|
| notableFor |
aquatic plants
ⓘ
wetland wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1863 ⓘ |
| originalUse |
coal transport
ⓘ
serving local collieries ⓘ |
| partOf | Birmingham Canal Navigations ⓘ |
| region | West Midlands ⓘ |
| startPoint |
Pelsall Junction
ⓘ
linked to:
Pelsall
|
| status |
partly disused
ⓘ
partly navigable ⓘ |
| use |
nature conservation
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Wyrley and Essington Canal at Pelsall Junction
ⓘ
linked to:
Wyrley and Essington Canal
|
| waterwaySystem | Birmingham Canal Navigations ⓘ |
| waterwayType | narrow canal ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Cannock Extension Canal Description of subject: Cannock Extension Canal is a historic branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in Staffordshire, England, originally built to serve local collieries and now partly preserved as a rural waterway and nature site.
Referenced by (2)
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