Wellington Quarry

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Wellington Quarry is an underground network of tunnels in Arras, France, used extensively by Allied troops during World War I as a strategic shelter and staging area.

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Label Occurrences
Wellington Quarry canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
underground military tunnel network ⓘ
approximateCapacity up to 24000 soldiers ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Western Front ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Arras ⓘ
commemorates Allied soldiers of World War I ⓘ
Battle of Arras participants ⓘ
constructedBy New Zealand Tunnelling Company ⓘ
Royal Engineers ⓘ
constructionType adapted from existing chalk quarries ⓘ
country France ⓘ
depthBelowSurface approximately 20 meters ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Carrière Wellington ⓘ
hasFeature chapel ⓘ
command posts ⓘ
electric lighting ⓘ
first-aid posts ⓘ
signage in English and French ⓘ
sleeping quarters ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
hasFunction communication tunnels ⓘ
staging area for troops ⓘ
strategic shelter ⓘ
underground barracks ⓘ
hasType subterranean heritage site ⓘ
hasUse memorial site ⓘ
museum ⓘ
languageOfAlternativeName French ⓘ
locatedIn Arras ⓘ
France ⓘ
Hauts-de-France ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
material chalk ⓘ
namedAfter Wellington ⓘ
namedBy New Zealand Tunnelling Company ⓘ
offers guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operatedBy City of Arras ⓘ
linked to: Arras
partOf Arras tunnel network ⓘ
Arras underground quarries ⓘ
tourismCategory battlefield tourism site ⓘ
usedAs assembly area for the Battle of Arras ⓘ
usedBy Allied troops ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
New Zealand Tunnelling Company ⓘ
usedDuring World War I ⓘ

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

Arras → hasNotableStructure → Wellington Quarry ⓘ
Carrière Wellington museum → alsoKnownAs → Wellington Quarry ⓘ