Finnieston Crane
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The Finnieston Crane is a giant cantilever crane on the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, preserved as an iconic symbol of the city’s shipbuilding and industrial heritage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Finnieston Crane canonical | 2 |
| Clyde Navigation Trust Crane | 1 |
| Stobcross Crane | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2012385 — 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: Finnieston Crane Context triple: [SEC Centre, nearbyLandmark, Finnieston Crane]
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A.
Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Scotland that uniquely connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal and serves as an iconic feat of modern engineering.
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B.
Anderton Boat Lift
The Anderton Boat Lift is a historic Victorian-era boat lift in Cheshire, England, that vertically transports boats between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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C.
The Kelpies
The Kelpies are two monumental steel horse-head sculptures in Scotland that celebrate the country’s heavy horse heritage and serve as a major contemporary landmark and tourist attraction.
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D.
Seattle Great Wheel
The Seattle Great Wheel is a large Ferris wheel on Pier 57 along Seattle’s waterfront, offering panoramic views of the city skyline and Elliott Bay.
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E.
Puffing Billy locomotive
The Puffing Billy locomotive is an early 19th-century steam railway engine, renowned as one of the oldest surviving steam locomotives in the world and a pioneering milestone in railway history.
- 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: Finnieston Crane Target entity description: The Finnieston Crane is a giant cantilever crane on the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, preserved as an iconic symbol of the city’s shipbuilding and industrial heritage.
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A.
Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Scotland that uniquely connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal and serves as an iconic feat of modern engineering.
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B.
Anderton Boat Lift
The Anderton Boat Lift is a historic Victorian-era boat lift in Cheshire, England, that vertically transports boats between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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C.
The Kelpies
The Kelpies are two monumental steel horse-head sculptures in Scotland that celebrate the country’s heavy horse heritage and serve as a major contemporary landmark and tourist attraction.
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D.
Seattle Great Wheel
The Seattle Great Wheel is a large Ferris wheel on Pier 57 along Seattle’s waterfront, offering panoramic views of the city skyline and Elliott Bay.
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E.
Puffing Billy locomotive
The Puffing Billy locomotive is an early 19th-century steam railway engine, renowned as one of the oldest surviving steam locomotives in the world and a pioneering milestone in railway history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cantilever crane
ⓘ
industrial monument ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Clyde Navigation Trust Crane
ⓘ
linked to:
Finnieston Crane
Stobcross Crane ⓘ
linked to:
Finnieston Crane
|
| category | dockside crane ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1928 ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse |
city landmark
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Clyde Navigation Trust
ⓘ
linked to:
Clydeport
|
| hasCulturalSignificance | iconic symbol of Glasgow’s industrial past ⓘ |
| hasType | giant cantilever crane ⓘ |
| height | about 53 metres ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Category A listed building
ⓘ
listed structure ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected structure ⓘ |
| imageSubject |
city branding materials
ⓘ
postcards of Glasgow ⓘ |
| inception | 1931 ⓘ |
| industrialEra | 20th century heavy engineering ⓘ |
| liftingCapacity | about 175 tons ⓘ |
| locatedInArea | Finnieston ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Exhibition Centre railway station
ⓘ
OVO Hydro ⓘ
linked to:
The Hydro (OVO Hydro)
SEC Armadillo ⓘ |
| location |
Glasgow
ⓘ
River Clyde ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Clydeport ⓘ |
| materialUsed | steel ⓘ |
| municipality | Glasgow City ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with shipbuilding on the River Clyde
ⓘ
distinctive silhouette on Glasgow skyline ⓘ |
| owner | Clydeport ⓘ |
| partOf | Clyde shipbuilding infrastructure ⓘ |
| region | West Central Scotland ⓘ |
| status | preserved ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Clyde shipbuilding
ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ Scottish industrial heritage ⓘ |
| tourismType | industrial tourism ⓘ |
| transportConnection | near Kingston Bridge ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo handling
ⓘ
handling locomotives ⓘ loading heavy engineering plant onto ships ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Finnieston Crane Description of subject: The Finnieston Crane is a giant cantilever crane on the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, preserved as an iconic symbol of the city’s shipbuilding and industrial heritage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Finnieston Crane
linked to: Finnieston Crane