Nottingham Canal
E221000
Nottingham Canal is a historic artificial waterway in Nottingham, England, built to facilitate industrial transport and now largely used for leisure and heritage purposes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nottingham Canal canonical | 5 |
| Nottingham Canal towpath | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1619802 — 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: Nottingham Canal Context triple: [River Trent, hasCanalConnection, Nottingham Canal]
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Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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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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Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a historic English narrow canal in the West Midlands that links the town of Stratford-upon-Avon with the national canal network and is popular for leisure boating and scenic walks.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nottingham Canal Target entity description: Nottingham Canal is a historic artificial waterway in Nottingham, England, built to facilitate industrial transport and now largely used for leisure and heritage purposes.
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A.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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B.
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal is a historic English waterway in the East Midlands that once linked the town of Grantham to the national canal network, primarily serving 18th- and 19th-century trade and now valued for leisure and wildlife.
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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.
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a historic English narrow canal in the West Midlands that links the town of Stratford-upon-Avon with the national canal network and is popular for leisure boating and scenic walks.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial waterway
ⓘ
canal ⓘ |
| builtFor | industrial transport ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Beeston Cut
ⓘ
Erewash Canal ⓘ River Trent ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1790 ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentUse |
angling
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heritage amenity ⓘ leisure boating ⓘ recreational walking ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| designedFor | horse-drawn boats ⓘ |
| era | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
canal basin
ⓘ
towpath ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
offices
ⓘ
pubs and restaurants ⓘ residential apartments ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalRoute |
Nottingham Canal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nottingham Canal towpath
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| hasStructure |
bridges
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locks ⓘ wharves ⓘ |
| heritageValue | local industrial heritage ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
coal transport
ⓘ
freight transport ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Midlands
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Nottingham ⓘ Nottinghamshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| managedBy | Canal & River Trust ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1796 ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Nottingham Canal Company ⓘ |
| partlyReplacedBy | railways ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Nottingham Castle
ⓘ
Nottingham railway station ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Nottingham
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surface form:
Nottingham city centre
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| status |
partly disused
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partly infilled ⓘ partly navigable ⓘ |
| terminus | Trent Lock ⓘ |
| urbanSectionUse |
commercial development
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residential development ⓘ waterside regeneration ⓘ |
| waterwayType | narrow canal ⓘ |
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Subject: Nottingham Canal Description of subject: Nottingham Canal is a historic artificial waterway in Nottingham, England, built to facilitate industrial transport and now largely used for leisure and heritage purposes.
Referenced by (6)
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