Colman Dock

E260943

ferry terminal transportation hub

Colman Dock is a major ferry terminal on Seattle’s downtown waterfront that serves as a key hub for Washington State Ferries across Puget Sound.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Colman Dock canonical	9
Colman Dock ferry terminal	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2152801 — 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: Colman Dock
Context triple: [Pier 57 (Seattle), nearby, Colman Dock]

A. Langton Dock
Langton Dock is one of the historic dock basins within the Port of Liverpool, serving as part of the city's extensive maritime and cargo-handling infrastructure.
B. Brocklebank Dock
Brocklebank Dock is one of the docks within the Port of Liverpool, historically used for commercial shipping and maritime trade on the River Mersey in England.
C. Barry Docks
Barry Docks is a major dock complex and port facility in Barry, South Wales, historically important for coal export and maritime trade.
D. Huskisson Dock
Huskisson Dock is a historic dock within the Port of Liverpool in England, known for its role in the city’s maritime trade and industrial heritage.
E. Hungerford Wharf
Hungerford Wharf is a historic canal wharf in the town of Hungerford, Berkshire, associated with the Kennet and Avon Canal and now a local heritage and leisure site.
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: Colman Dock
Target entity description: Colman Dock is a major ferry terminal on Seattle’s downtown waterfront that serves as a key hub for Washington State Ferries across Puget Sound.

A. Langton Dock
Langton Dock is one of the historic dock basins within the Port of Liverpool, serving as part of the city's extensive maritime and cargo-handling infrastructure.
B. Brocklebank Dock
Brocklebank Dock is one of the docks within the Port of Liverpool, historically used for commercial shipping and maritime trade on the River Mersey in England.
C. Barry Docks
Barry Docks is a major dock complex and port facility in Barry, South Wales, historically important for coal export and maritime trade.
D. Huskisson Dock
Huskisson Dock is a historic dock within the Port of Liverpool in England, known for its role in the city’s maritime trade and industrial heritage.
E. Hungerford Wharf
Hungerford Wharf is a historic canal wharf in the town of Hungerford, Berkshire, associated with the Kennet and Avon Canal and now a local heritage and leisure site.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ferry terminal ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ
adjacentTo	Alaskan Way ⓘ downtown Seattle ⓘ surface form: Downtown Seattle Seattle Ferry Terminal bus stops ⓘ
bodyOfWater	Puget Sound ⓘ
connects	Seattle and Bainbridge Island via ferries ⓘ Seattle and Bremerton via ferries ⓘ Seattle and Kitsap County via ferries ⓘ
connectsTo	Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal ⓘ Bremerton ferry terminal ⓘ surface form: Bremerton Ferry Terminal Seattle street network ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formerName	Pier 52 ⓘ
founder	James Colman ⓘ
hasFunction	loading and unloading vehicles onto ferries ⓘ loading and unloading walk-on passengers ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark	Pioneer Square ⓘ Seattle Colman Dock passenger-only facilities (various eras) ⓘ
hasStructure	ferry slips ⓘ passenger terminal building ⓘ pedestrian overhead walkway connections ⓘ vehicle holding areas ⓘ
isKeyComponentOf	Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry ⓘ surface form: Washington State Ferries Seattle–Bainbridge route Seattle–Bremerton ferry ⓘ surface form: Washington State Ferries Seattle–Bremerton route
isMajorHubFor	commuter traffic across Puget Sound ⓘ pedestrian ferry traffic ⓘ vehicular ferry traffic ⓘ
locatedIn	King County ⓘ surface form: King County, Washington Seattle ⓘ Washington ⓘ
locatedOn	Elliott Bay ⓘ Seattle waterfront piers ⓘ surface form: Seattle waterfront
namedAfter	James Colman ⓘ
opened	1882 ⓘ
operator	Washington State Ferries ⓘ
ownedBy	Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ
partOf	Central Waterfront (Seattle) ⓘ surface form: Port of Seattle waterfront Seattle transportation infrastructure ⓘ
serves	Bainbridge Island ⓘ Seattle–Bremerton ⓘ surface form: Bremerton Vashon Island (via passenger-only or connecting services over time) ⓘ Washington State Ferries ⓘ surface form: Washington State Ferries system
streetAddress	801 Alaskan Way ⓘ
timezone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
underwent	major reconstruction in the 2010s–2020s ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pier 57 → nearby → Colman Dock ⓘ

subject surface form: Pier 57 (Seattle)

Alaskan Way → hasLandmark → Colman Dock ⓘ

Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry → terminus → Colman Dock ⓘ

Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry → terminalOnMainland → Colman Dock ⓘ

Seattle Ferry Terminal → adjacentTo → Colman Dock ⓘ

Seattle Ferry Terminal → alsoKnownAs → Colman Dock ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colman Dock ferry terminal

Seattle Seawall → adjacentTo → Colman Dock ⓘ

Piers 46–70 (Seattle) → hasLandmark → Colman Dock ⓘ

Seattle–Bremerton ferry → terminus → Colman Dock ⓘ

Miner’s Landing → near → Colman Dock ⓘ

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