Butterley Tunnel
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Butterley Tunnel is a historic 18th-century canal tunnel in Derbyshire, England, renowned as a major engineering work of the early British canal era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Butterley Tunnel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3088848 — 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: Butterley Tunnel Context triple: [William Jessop, notableWork, Butterley Tunnel]
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A.
Blisworth Tunnel
Blisworth Tunnel is one of the longest navigable canal tunnels in Britain, carrying the Grand Union Canal beneath the Northamptonshire countryside.
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B.
Harecastle Tunnel
Harecastle Tunnel is a historic and notoriously long canal tunnel in Staffordshire, England, known for its low, narrow passage and role in improving industrial-era transport on the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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C.
Braunston Tunnel
Braunston Tunnel is a long 19th-century canal tunnel in Northamptonshire, England, forming a key part of the historic Grand Union Canal route.
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D.
Foulridge Tunnel
Foulridge Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in Lancashire, England, carrying the Leeds and Liverpool Canal beneath the village of Foulridge and surrounding hills.
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E.
Reigate Tunnel
Reigate Tunnel is a historic road tunnel in Reigate, Surrey, notable as one of the earliest road tunnels in Britain and now a distinctive local landmark.
- 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: Butterley Tunnel Target entity description: Butterley Tunnel is a historic 18th-century canal tunnel in Derbyshire, England, renowned as a major engineering work of the early British canal era.
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A.
Blisworth Tunnel
Blisworth Tunnel is one of the longest navigable canal tunnels in Britain, carrying the Grand Union Canal beneath the Northamptonshire countryside.
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B.
Harecastle Tunnel
Harecastle Tunnel is a historic and notoriously long canal tunnel in Staffordshire, England, known for its low, narrow passage and role in improving industrial-era transport on the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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C.
Braunston Tunnel
Braunston Tunnel is a long 19th-century canal tunnel in Northamptonshire, England, forming a key part of the historic Grand Union Canal route.
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D.
Foulridge Tunnel
Foulridge Tunnel is a historic canal tunnel in Lancashire, England, carrying the Leeds and Liverpool Canal beneath the village of Foulridge and surrounding hills.
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E.
Reigate Tunnel
Reigate Tunnel is a historic road tunnel in Reigate, Surrey, notable as one of the earliest road tunnels in Britain and now a distinctive local landmark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal tunnel
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| access | interior generally closed to public ⓘ |
| architect | William Jessop ⓘ |
| connects |
Cromford Canal northern section
ⓘ
linked to:
Cromford Canal
Cromford Canal southern section ⓘ
linked to:
Cromford Canal
|
| constructionStart | 1790 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedForVesselType | narrowboat ⓘ |
| elevation | summit level of Cromford Canal ⓘ |
| endPoint | near Ambergate ⓘ |
| era | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse | heritage interest only ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
towpath inside tunnel (historically)
ⓘ
ventilation shafts ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark | Butterley Reservoir ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Ripley
ⓘ
Swanwick ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | scheduled monument ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | major engineering work of early British canal era ⓘ |
| historicPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1794 ⓘ |
| length |
about 2.7 kilometres
ⓘ
approximately 2966 yards ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Derbyshire
ⓘ
England ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | East Midlands ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | Cromford Canal ⓘ |
| locatedUnder | Butterley Hill ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex underground engineering
ⓘ
length for its time ⓘ |
| numberOfPortals | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1794 ⓘ |
| originalUse | transport of coal and industrial goods ⓘ |
| ownerDuringIndustrialPeriod | Butterley Company (adjacent industrial complex) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cromford Canal main line
ⓘ
linked to:
Cromford Canal
Derbyshire canal network ⓘ
linked to:
Derby Canal
|
| significantEvent | partial collapse in early 20th century ⓘ |
| startPoint | near Ripley ⓘ |
| status | disused ⓘ |
| transportMode | inland waterway ⓘ |
| usedFor | navigation by narrowboats ⓘ |
| waterwayType | navigable canal tunnel ⓘ |
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Subject: Butterley Tunnel Description of subject: Butterley Tunnel is a historic 18th-century canal tunnel in Derbyshire, England, renowned as a major engineering work of the early British canal era.
Referenced by (2)
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