Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

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The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a short canal branch in Lancashire, England, linking the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Douglas and providing a navigable route toward the Ribble Estuary.

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AI-generated illustration of Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a short canal branch in Lancashire, England, linking the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Douglas and providing a navigable route toward the Ribble Estuary.)

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Label Occurrences
Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal canonical 15

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal branch ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ
connectsCanal Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
connectsRiver River Douglas ⓘ
connectsTo Leeds and Liverpool Canal main line ⓘ
Ribble Estuary (via River Douglas and Ribble Link) ⓘ
River Douglas ⓘ
constructionStart 18th century ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentUse pleasure craft navigation ⓘ
feature manual locks ⓘ
rural surroundings ⓘ
towpath ⓘ
hasBridgeType farm access bridges ⓘ
road bridges ⓘ
hasLock Rufford Lock ⓘ
Sollom Lock ⓘ
Tarleton Lock ⓘ
hasLockCount 8 ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Burscough, Lancashire ⓘ
linked to: Burscough

Rufford, Lancashire ⓘ
linked to: Rufford

Tarleton, Lancashire ⓘ
historicalUse commercial freight transport ⓘ
isBranchOf Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
isPartOfNetwork British inland waterways ⓘ
linksToWaterwayNetwork Ribble Link ⓘ
locatedIn Lancashire ⓘ
locatedInCounty Lancashire ⓘ
navigationAuthority Canal & River Trust ⓘ
partOf Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
primaryUse leisure boating ⓘ
recreational cruising ⓘ
providesRouteToward Lancaster Canal (via Ribble Link) ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Canal

Ribble Estuary ⓘ
linked to: Ribble estuary
region North West England ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
terminus Tarleton Lock on the River Douglas ⓘ
junction with Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Burscough ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
cycling along towpath ⓘ
walking along towpath ⓘ
waterwayThrough Burscough ⓘ
Rufford ⓘ
Tarleton area ⓘ
linked to: Tarleton
waterwayType broad canal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Douglas → connectedTo → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Douglas Navigation → supersededBy → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton → hasWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire → hasWaterFeature → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Rufford → servedBy → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Burscough → hasWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton Lock → connectsWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton Lock → waterwayOrigin → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton Lock → locatedAtJunctionOf → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton Lock → connectsWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton Lock → partOf → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton Lock → managesWaterLevelBetween → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Tarleton, Lancashire → hasNearbyWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
Sollom Lock → locatedIn → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ