Ford Assembly Building
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The Ford Assembly Building is a historic former Ford Motor Company automobile factory in Richmond, California, notable for its role in World War II wartime production and its preservation as part of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ford Assembly Building canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9863113 — 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: Ford Assembly Building Context triple: [Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, includesSite, Ford Assembly Building]
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A.
General Motors Building (Detroit)
The General Motors Building in Detroit is a historic early 20th-century skyscraper that served as the longtime headquarters of General Motors and is noted for its grand Beaux-Arts design.
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B.
Ford Louisville Assembly Plant
Ford Louisville Assembly Plant was a major Ford Motor Company manufacturing facility in Louisville, Kentucky, known for producing a variety of Ford vehicles over several decades.
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C.
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a historic Detroit automobile factory best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T and an early center of automotive innovation.
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D.
Ford River Rouge Complex
The Ford River Rouge Complex is a historic, vertically integrated Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Dearborn, Michigan, renowned as one of the largest and most influential industrial complexes of the 20th century.
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E.
Chicago Assembly Plant
The Chicago Assembly Plant is a major Ford Motor Company manufacturing facility in Chicago, Illinois, known for producing popular SUV models.
- 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: Ford Assembly Building Target entity description: The Ford Assembly Building is a historic former Ford Motor Company automobile factory in Richmond, California, notable for its role in World War II wartime production and its preservation as part of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.
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A.
General Motors Building (Detroit)
The General Motors Building in Detroit is a historic early 20th-century skyscraper that served as the longtime headquarters of General Motors and is noted for its grand Beaux-Arts design.
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B.
Ford Louisville Assembly Plant
Ford Louisville Assembly Plant was a major Ford Motor Company manufacturing facility in Louisville, Kentucky, known for producing a variety of Ford vehicles over several decades.
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C.
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a historic Detroit automobile factory best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T and an early center of automotive innovation.
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D.
Ford River Rouge Complex
The Ford River Rouge Complex is a historic, vertically integrated Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Dearborn, Michigan, renowned as one of the largest and most influential industrial complexes of the 20th century.
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E.
Chicago Assembly Plant
The Chicago Assembly Plant is a major Ford Motor Company manufacturing facility in Chicago, Illinois, known for producing popular SUV models.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile factory
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contributing property ⓘ historic industrial building ⓘ |
| architect | Albert Kahn ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernist industrial architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rosie the Riveter cultural icon
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linked to:
Rosie the Riveter
home front workers during World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| currentUse |
adaptive reuse for commercial and event space
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mixed-use industrial and office space ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
adjacent crane and loading facilities
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large industrial windows ⓘ open-span interior ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
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contributing property to a National Historical Park ⓘ |
| heritageTheme |
American industrial history
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World War II home front ⓘ |
| industry |
automotive industry
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defense industry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Contra Costa County, California
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linked to:
Contra Costa County
Richmond, California ⓘ |
| locatedNear | San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Richmond waterfront ⓘ |
| managedBy |
National Park Service (interpretive components)
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linked to:
National Park Service
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| material |
reinforced concrete
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steel ⓘ |
| near |
Craneway Pavilion
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Richmond Inner Harbor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Rosie the Riveter home front history
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large daylight factory design ⓘ |
| originalFunction | Ford Motor Company assembly plant ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ford Motor Company ⓘ |
| partOf |
Richmond Shipyard District
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linked to:
Richmond Shipyards historic area
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park ⓘ industrial heritage of the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | preserved and rehabilitated ⓘ |
| roofType | sawtooth roof ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of Albert Kahn industrial design
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one of the major West Coast Ford assembly plants ⓘ |
| significantEvent | World War II home front production ⓘ |
| significantFor | supporting wartime shipbuilding and military logistics ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| transportAccess |
served by nearby port facilities
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served by rail sidings ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automobile assembly
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military vehicle assembly support ⓘ tank production support ⓘ wartime production ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ford Assembly Building Description of subject: The Ford Assembly Building is a historic former Ford Motor Company automobile factory in Richmond, California, notable for its role in World War II wartime production and its preservation as part of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
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includesSite
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Ford Assembly Building
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