Sheffield Waterworks Company
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The Sheffield Waterworks Company was a 19th-century utility company responsible for supplying water to Sheffield, England, and is historically notorious for its role in the catastrophic Great Sheffield Flood of 1864.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sheffield Waterworks Company canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23085805 — 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: Sheffield Waterworks Company Context triple: [Great Sheffield Flood of 1864, operatorOfFailedDam, Sheffield Waterworks Company]
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Liverpool Corporation Waterworks
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks was the municipal authority responsible for developing and managing Liverpool’s water supply infrastructure, including major reservoir projects in Wales during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Sheffield Corporation
Sheffield Corporation was the former municipal authority responsible for governing and providing public services in the city of Sheffield, England.
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Cromford Canal Company
The Cromford Canal Company was a British canal company responsible for constructing and managing the Cromford Canal during the Industrial Revolution to support regional trade and industry.
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Trent and Mersey Canal Company
The Trent and Mersey Canal Company was the historic British company responsible for building and operating the Trent and Mersey Canal, a key industrial waterway linking the River Trent to the River Mersey during the Industrial Revolution.
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Manchester Ship Canal Company
The Manchester Ship Canal Company was the organization responsible for financing, constructing, and operating the Manchester Ship Canal, a major late-19th-century engineering project that turned Manchester into an inland seaport.
- 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: Sheffield Waterworks Company Target entity description: The Sheffield Waterworks Company was a 19th-century utility company responsible for supplying water to Sheffield, England, and is historically notorious for its role in the catastrophic Great Sheffield Flood of 1864.
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A.
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks was the municipal authority responsible for developing and managing Liverpool’s water supply infrastructure, including major reservoir projects in Wales during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Sheffield Corporation
Sheffield Corporation was the former municipal authority responsible for governing and providing public services in the city of Sheffield, England.
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C.
Cromford Canal Company
The Cromford Canal Company was a British canal company responsible for constructing and managing the Cromford Canal during the Industrial Revolution to support regional trade and industry.
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D.
Trent and Mersey Canal Company
The Trent and Mersey Canal Company was the historic British company responsible for building and operating the Trent and Mersey Canal, a key industrial waterway linking the River Trent to the River Mersey during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Manchester Ship Canal Company
The Manchester Ship Canal Company was the organization responsible for financing, constructing, and operating the Manchester Ship Canal, a major late-19th-century engineering project that turned Manchester into an inland seaport.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.