Gower Branch Canal
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The Gower Branch Canal is a short historic waterway in the West Midlands of England that links sections of the Birmingham Canal Navigations network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Curly Wyrley Canal | 1 |
| Gower Branch Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11471585 — 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: Gower Branch Canal Context triple: [Birmingham Canal Navigations, hasPart, Gower Branch Canal]
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A.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
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B.
Pembroke Canal
Pembroke Canal is a waterway in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, historically used to improve local transportation and drainage within the parish.
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C.
Pocklington Canal
Pocklington Canal is a restored 19th-century navigation and wildlife-rich waterway in Yorkshire, England, valued for both boating and nature conservation.
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D.
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
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E.
Rushall Canal
Rushall Canal is a branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the West Midlands, England, built to facilitate industrial transport by linking local collieries and factories to the wider canal network.
- 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: Gower Branch Canal Target entity description: The Gower Branch Canal is a short historic waterway in the West Midlands of England that links sections of the Birmingham Canal Navigations network.
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A.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
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B.
Pembroke Canal
Pembroke Canal is a waterway in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, historically used to improve local transportation and drainage within the parish.
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C.
Pocklington Canal
Pocklington Canal is a restored 19th-century navigation and wildlife-rich waterway in Yorkshire, England, valued for both boating and nature conservation.
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D.
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
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E.
Rushall Canal
Rushall Canal is a branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the West Midlands, England, built to facilitate industrial transport by linking local collieries and factories to the wider canal network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch canal
ⓘ
canal ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal
ⓘ
New Main Line ⓘ Old Main Line ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
junction with BCN New Main Line
ⓘ
junction with BCN Old Main Line ⓘ junction with Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal ⓘ |
| hasLock | Brades Hall Locks ⓘ |
| hasLockFlight | Brades Locks ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
junctions
ⓘ
locks ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic waterway ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Midlands ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Oldbury
ⓘ
Tipton ⓘ |
| managingAuthority | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| networkRole |
connector within Birmingham Canal Navigations
ⓘ
link between BCN Old Main Line and New Main Line ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | industrial transport ⓘ |
| partOf | Birmingham Canal Navigations ⓘ |
| region | Black Country ⓘ |
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| use |
leisure boating
ⓘ
recreational navigation ⓘ |
| waterwaySystem | Birmingham Canal Navigations ⓘ |
| waterwayType | narrow canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gower Branch Canal Description of subject: The Gower Branch Canal is a short historic waterway in the West Midlands of England that links sections of the Birmingham Canal Navigations network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gower Branch Canal