Aire and Calder Navigation
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The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aire and Calder Navigation canonical | 10 |
| Aire and Calder Navigation Company | 1 |
| Aire and Calder Navigation system | 1 |
| River Aire and Calder Navigation | 1 |
| River Aire and Calder system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T795583 — 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.
Target entity: Aire and Calder Navigation Context triple: [Pennine waterways, hasPart, Aire and Calder Navigation]
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A.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
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B.
Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
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C.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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D.
Huddersfield Broad Canal
Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
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E.
Peak Forest Canal
The Peak Forest Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England that was built to transport limestone from Derbyshire and now serves as a scenic route for leisure boating and walking.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Aire and Calder Navigation Target entity description: The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.
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A.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
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B.
Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
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C.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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D.
Huddersfield Broad Canal
Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
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E.
Peak Forest Canal
The Peak Forest Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England that was built to transport limestone from Derbyshire and now serves as a scenic route for leisure boating and walking.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canalised river
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ waterway ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Humber Estuary
ⓘ
surface form:
Humber estuary
Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ River Ouse ⓘ
surface form:
Ouse
River Aire ⓘ River Calder ⓘ Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1700 ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentUse |
angling
ⓘ
commercial freight ⓘ leisure cruising ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ waterside recreation ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Aire Mouth
ⓘ
Airmyn ⓘ Goole ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
Aire and Calder Navigation
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Aire and Calder Navigation Company
Canal & River Trust ⓘ
surface form:
British Waterways
|
| governedBy | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aqueducts
ⓘ
artificial channels ⓘ cuttings ⓘ flood locks ⓘ Goole docks ⓘ
surface form:
goole docks
knottingley and goole canal ⓘ locks ⓘ new junction canal ⓘ swing bridges ⓘ weirs ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
coal transport
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goods transport ⓘ industrial freight ⓘ |
| improvedIn |
1820s
ⓘ
1830s ⓘ |
| length | approximately 33 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
West Yorkshire
ⓘ
Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of compartment boats
ⓘ
large-scale coal barge traffic ⓘ role in Industrial Revolution in Yorkshire ⓘ |
| opened | 1704 ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Castleford
ⓘ
Wakefield ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Humber ports
ⓘ
Pennine industrial towns ⓘ |
| startPoint | Leeds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Aire and Calder Navigation Description of subject: The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.