Kewanee Boiler Corporation
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Kewanee Boiler Corporation was a prominent American manufacturer of industrial and commercial boilers that played a major role in the economic and industrial history of Kewanee, Illinois.
All labels observed (1)
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| Kewanee Boiler Corporation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17927167 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kewanee Boiler Corporation Context triple: [Kewanee, Illinois, hasHistoricIndustry, Kewanee Boiler Corporation]
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A.
Worthington Pump Works
Worthington Pump Works was an industrial manufacturing company founded by engineer Henry Rossiter Worthington, best known for producing innovative steam and hydraulic pumps used in waterworks and other heavy-duty applications.
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B.
Sprague Electric Company
Sprague Electric Company was a major 20th-century American electronics manufacturer known for producing capacitors and other components, whose large plant in North Adams, Massachusetts later became the site of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).
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C.
Babcock & Wilcox
Babcock & Wilcox is an American engineering company best known for designing and supplying boilers and nuclear power plant reactors.
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D.
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation was a prominent American automobile and appliance manufacturer whose 1954 merger with Hudson Motor Car Company created American Motors Corporation (AMC).
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E.
Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
- 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: Kewanee Boiler Corporation Target entity description: Kewanee Boiler Corporation was a prominent American manufacturer of industrial and commercial boilers that played a major role in the economic and industrial history of Kewanee, Illinois.
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A.
Worthington Pump Works
Worthington Pump Works was an industrial manufacturing company founded by engineer Henry Rossiter Worthington, best known for producing innovative steam and hydraulic pumps used in waterworks and other heavy-duty applications.
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B.
Sprague Electric Company
Sprague Electric Company was a major 20th-century American electronics manufacturer known for producing capacitors and other components, whose large plant in North Adams, Massachusetts later became the site of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).
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C.
Babcock & Wilcox
Babcock & Wilcox is an American engineering company best known for designing and supplying boilers and nuclear power plant reactors.
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D.
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation was a prominent American automobile and appliance manufacturer whose 1954 merger with Hudson Motor Car Company created American Motors Corporation (AMC).
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E.
Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.