Huddersfield Broad Canal
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Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huddersfield Broad Canal canonical | 7 |
| Calder and Hebble Navigation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T795578 — 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: Huddersfield Broad Canal Context triple: [Pennine waterways, hasPart, Huddersfield Broad Canal]
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A.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is a restored trans-Pennine waterway in northern England, noted for its dramatic scenery and the long Standedge Tunnel that carries it beneath the Pennines.
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B.
Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
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C.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Huddersfield Broad Canal Target entity description: Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
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A.
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is a restored trans-Pennine waterway in northern England, noted for its dramatic scenery and the long Standedge Tunnel that carries it beneath the Pennines.
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B.
Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
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C.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broad canal
ⓘ
canal ⓘ |
| connectsSettlement | Huddersfield ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Calder and Hebble Navigation ⓘ |
| connectsWaterway | Calder and Hebble Navigation ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| designedFor | broad-beam boats ⓘ |
| hasFeature | locks ⓘ |
| hasFunction | link between Huddersfield and national canal network ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | part of historic British canal system ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of historic industrial landscape of West Yorkshire ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
freight transport
ⓘ
industrial transport ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Huddersfield
ⓘ
Kirklees ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees
West Yorkshire ⓘ |
| navigationAuthority | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| partOf |
Inland waterway network of England
ⓘ
industrial waterway network of West Yorkshire ⓘ |
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ |
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| terminus |
Calder and Hebble Navigation
ⓘ
Huddersfield ⓘ |
| usedFor |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ recreational navigation ⓘ |
| waterwayType | wide-beam canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Huddersfield Broad Canal Description of subject: Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Calder and Hebble Navigation
subject surface form:
River Colne (West Yorkshire)