Kentucky Dam
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Kentucky Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in western Kentucky that forms Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kentucky Dam canonical | 7 |
| Kentucky Dam and Lock Project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T781452 — 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: Kentucky Dam Context triple: [Tennessee River, hasDam, Kentucky Dam]
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A.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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B.
McNary Dam
McNary Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation lock complex on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
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C.
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock Dam is a large flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River in central Iowa, forming Lake Red Rock as the state’s largest reservoir.
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D.
Trinity Dam
Trinity Dam is a major earthfill dam on the Trinity River in Northern California, forming Trinity Lake and providing water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control as part of the state’s large federal water management system.
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E.
Parker Dam
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River best known for creating Lake Havasu and supplying water and hydroelectric power to parts of California and Arizona.
- 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: Kentucky Dam Target entity description: Kentucky Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in western Kentucky that forms Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River.
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A.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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B.
McNary Dam
McNary Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation lock complex on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
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C.
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock Dam is a large flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River in central Iowa, forming Lake Red Rock as the state’s largest reservoir.
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D.
Trinity Dam
Trinity Dam is a major earthfill dam on the Trinity River in Northern California, forming Trinity Lake and providing water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control as part of the state’s large federal water management system.
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E.
Parker Dam
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River best known for creating Lake Havasu and supplying water and hydroelectric power to parts of California and Arizona.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flood control structure
ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| completionDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| connectsToReservoir | Lake Barkley via canal ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crosses | Tennessee River ⓘ |
| formsReservoir | Kentucky Lake ⓘ |
| hasNavigationLock | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height |
206 ft
ⓘ
63 m ⓘ |
| impact |
provides peaking power to TVA grid
ⓘ
reduces downstream flooding on the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ⓘ supports regional recreation and tourism ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | approximately 223 MW ⓘ |
| length |
2,567 m
ⓘ
8,422 ft ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kentucky ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty |
Livingston County, Kentucky
ⓘ
Marshall County, Kentucky ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western Kentucky ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Tennessee River ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Commonwealth of Kentucky
ⓘ
linked to:
Kentucky
|
| navigationLockOperator | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Gilbertsville, Kentucky
ⓘ
Paducah, Kentucky ⓘ
linked to:
Paducah, Kentucky, United States
|
| numberOfTurbines | 5 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| operator | Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tennessee River reservoir system
ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee River
|
| partOfSystem |
Tennessee Valley Authority system
ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee Valley Authority
|
| partOfWaterway |
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway system
ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
|
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation improvement ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Kentucky Lake ⓘ |
| reservoirShorelineLength | over 2,000 miles ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | approximately 160,000 acres ⓘ |
| riverMile | 22.4 ⓘ |
| riverMileFromMouth | 22.4 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kentucky Dam Description of subject: Kentucky Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in western Kentucky that forms Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.