Derby Dam
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Derby Dam is an early 20th-century diversion dam on Nevada’s Truckee River, built as part of the Newlands Reclamation Project to supply irrigation water to nearby agricultural lands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Derby Dam canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090133 — 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: Derby Dam Context triple: [Truckee River, hasDam, Derby Dam]
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A.
Melton Hill Dam
Melton Hill Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in East Tennessee, forming Melton Hill Lake and providing power generation, recreation, and flood control for the Knoxville area.
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B.
Norris Dam
Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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C.
Keswick Dam
Keswick Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sacramento River in Northern California that regulates flows and generates hydroelectric power as part of the region’s large federal water management system.
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D.
Pickwick Landing Dam
Pickwick Landing Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Tennessee River in southwestern Tennessee.
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E.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
- 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: Derby Dam Target entity description: Derby Dam is an early 20th-century diversion dam on Nevada’s Truckee River, built as part of the Newlands Reclamation Project to supply irrigation water to nearby agricultural lands.
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A.
Melton Hill Dam
Melton Hill Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in East Tennessee, forming Melton Hill Lake and providing power generation, recreation, and flood control for the Knoxville area.
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B.
Norris Dam
Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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C.
Keswick Dam
Keswick Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sacramento River in Northern California that regulates flows and generates hydroelectric power as part of the region’s large federal water management system.
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D.
Pickwick Landing Dam
Pickwick Landing Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Tennessee River in southwestern Tennessee.
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E.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Bureau of Reclamation project
ⓘ
concrete dam ⓘ diversion dam ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lahontan Reservoir
ⓘ
Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
linked to:
Reclamation Act of 1902
|
| basin | Great Basin ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1903 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | concrete ⓘ |
| constructionProgram | United States Reclamation Service early projects ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedBy |
United States Reclamation Service
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| divertsWaterTo |
Truckee Canal
ⓘ
linked to:
Truckee-Carson Project
|
| elevation | approximately 4,150 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| feedsIrrigationDistrict | Truckee-Carson Irrigation District ⓘ |
| function | divert a portion of Truckee River flow into Truckee Canal ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssues |
fish habitat disruption
ⓘ
reduced flows to Pyramid Lake ⓘ |
| hasFishPassageIssues | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hydrologicRole | diversion structure rather than major storage ⓘ |
| impactOn |
Pyramid Lake inflows
ⓘ
Truckee River flow regime ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Reno, Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Reno, Nevada, United States
Sparks, Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Truckee River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby Derby railroad siding ⓘ |
| nearFeature |
Fernley, Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Fernley
Interstate 80 corridor ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 80
|
| NRHPListingType | historic district contributing structure ⓘ |
| NRHPSignificance | early federal reclamation project ⓘ |
| opened | 1905 ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf | Newlands Reclamation Project ⓘ |
| projectNumber |
Reclamation Project No. 1 (Newlands Project)
ⓘ
linked to:
Newlands Reclamation Project
|
| purpose |
agricultural water supply
ⓘ
irrigation water diversion ⓘ |
| region | western Nevada ⓘ |
| relatedLegalIssues | water rights disputes on the Truckee River ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe water rights ⓘ |
| suppliesIrrigationTo |
Lahontan Valley, Nevada
ⓘ
Newlands Project farmlands ⓘ
linked to:
Newlands Irrigation Project lands
|
| watershed |
Truckee River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Truckee River
|
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Subject: Derby Dam Description of subject: Derby Dam is an early 20th-century diversion dam on Nevada’s Truckee River, built as part of the Newlands Reclamation Project to supply irrigation water to nearby agricultural lands.
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