O’Sullivan Dam
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O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| O’Sullivan Dam canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2884163 — 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: O’Sullivan Dam Context triple: [Columbia Basin Project, hasComponent, O’Sullivan Dam]
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A.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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B.
Brownlee Dam
Brownlee Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in the western United States, forming Brownlee Reservoir and playing a key role in regional power generation and water management.
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C.
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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D.
O'Shaughnessy Dam
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Yosemite National Park that creates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, supplying water and hydroelectric power to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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E.
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.
- 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: O’Sullivan Dam Target entity description: O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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A.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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B.
Brownlee Dam
Brownlee Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in the western United States, forming Brownlee Reservoir and playing a key role in regional power generation and water management.
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C.
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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D.
O'Shaughnessy Dam
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Yosemite National Park that creates the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, supplying water and hydroelectric power to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earth-fill dam
ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ |
| associatedProtectedArea | Potholes State Park ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| constructionBegan | 1947 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
earth
ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor | large-scale agricultural development of Columbia Basin ⓘ |
| engineeringProject |
Columbia Basin Project main works
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia Basin Project
|
| feedsIrrigationDistrict |
Columbia Basin irrigation areas
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia Basin Project
|
| formsReservoir | Potholes Reservoir ⓘ |
| function |
regulates flows to downstream irrigation canals
ⓘ
stores excess Columbia Basin Project water ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivities |
boating on Potholes Reservoir
ⓘ
fishing on Potholes Reservoir ⓘ waterfowl hunting in surrounding area ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height | about 200 feet ⓘ |
| impact | supports irrigation for hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland ⓘ |
| length | about 19,000 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Washington State
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
central Washington ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Grant County, Washington ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody | Potholes Reservoir ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| namedAfter | local landowner or early settler with surname O’Sullivan ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Moses Lake, Washington
ⓘ
Othello, Washington ⓘ |
| opened | 1949 ⓘ |
| owner |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
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| partOf | Columbia Basin Project ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ recreation support ⓘ water management ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Columbia Basin Project irrigation area
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia Basin Project
|
| reservoirCapacity | approximately 1,000,000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Potholes Reservoir ⓘ |
| reservoirUse |
irrigation water storage
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recreation ⓘ |
| riverBasin | Columbia River Basin ⓘ |
| spillwayType | uncontrolled overflow spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| volume | on the order of tens of millions of cubic yards of earthfill ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Columbia River via Columbia Basin Project canals
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia Basin Project
|
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: O’Sullivan Dam Description of subject: O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
Referenced by (2)
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