Tavistock Canal
E351229
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tavistock Canal canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3210301 — 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: Tavistock Canal Context triple: [Tavistock, hasLandmark, Tavistock Canal]
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A.
St Helens Canal
St Helens Canal is a historic industrial waterway in northwest England that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
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C.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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D.
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Blair Waterway
Blair Waterway is a major industrial shipping channel and deep-water port facility in Tacoma, Washington, used primarily for maritime commerce and cargo operations.
- 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: Tavistock Canal Target entity description: Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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A.
St Helens Canal
St Helens Canal is a historic industrial waterway in northwest England that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
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C.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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D.
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Blair Waterway
Blair Waterway is a major industrial shipping channel and deep-water port facility in Tacoma, Washington, used primarily for maritime commerce and cargo operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ |
| builtForIndustry |
arsenic works
ⓘ
copper mining ⓘ tin mining ⓘ |
| connectedTo | River Tamar via Morwellham Quay ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1803 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage site
ⓘ
wildlife site ⓘ |
| designedBy | John Taylor ⓘ |
| economicRole |
supported Tavistock mining district
ⓘ
linked to:
Tamar Valley Mining District
|
| endPoint | Morwellham Quay ⓘ |
| environmentalSignificance |
habitat for aquatic and riparian species
ⓘ
wildlife corridor ⓘ |
| followsRiver | River Tavy ⓘ |
| hasHeritageTrail | Tavistock Canal walking route ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 4.5 miles ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Morwell Down Tunnel
ⓘ
aqueducts ⓘ embankments ⓘ sluices ⓘ weirs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Scheduled Monument
ⓘ
part of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Devon
ⓘ
England ⓘ South West England ⓘ
linked to:
southwest England
|
| managedBy | local authorities ⓘ |
| near | Dartmoor National Park ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early 19th-century mining transport engineering
ⓘ
long rock-cut tunnel ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1817 ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
to supply water to mines and industry
ⓘ
to transport copper ore ⓘ to transport other minerals ⓘ |
| servesCity | Tavistock ⓘ |
| startPoint | Tavistock ⓘ |
| status |
partly disused
ⓘ
partly in water supply use ⓘ |
| terminusAt | Morwellham Quay ⓘ |
| transportMode | inland waterway ⓘ |
| usedFor |
angling
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ industrial water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| worldHeritageSiteComponentOf | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tavistock Canal Description of subject: Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.