East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam)
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East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam) was a former settlement in Weare, New Hampshire that was flooded and abandoned following the construction of Everett Dam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6233436 — 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: East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam) Context triple: [Weare, New Hampshire, hasHistoricStructure, East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam)]
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A.
Yale Dam
Yale Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Washington State’s Lewis River that forms Yale Lake and helps generate power and manage water resources in the region.
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B.
Fife Brook Dam
Fife Brook Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts, known for regulating river flow and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
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C.
Forestville Dam
Forestville Dam is a hydroelectric and recreational dam located on the Dead River near Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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D.
Wells Dam
Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, known for its distinctive hydrocombine design and role in regional power generation and fish passage.
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E.
Skowhegan Dam
Skowhegan Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Kennebec River in Skowhegan, Maine, used for power generation and river flow control.
- 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: East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam) Target entity description: East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam) was a former settlement in Weare, New Hampshire that was flooded and abandoned following the construction of Everett Dam.
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A.
Yale Dam
Yale Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Washington State’s Lewis River that forms Yale Lake and helps generate power and manage water resources in the region.
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B.
Fife Brook Dam
Fife Brook Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts, known for regulating river flow and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
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C.
Forestville Dam
Forestville Dam is a hydroelectric and recreational dam located on the Dead River near Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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D.
Wells Dam
Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, known for its distinctive hydrocombine design and role in regional power generation and fish passage.
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E.
Skowhegan Dam
Skowhegan Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Kennebec River in Skowhegan, Maine, used for power generation and river flow control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former settlement
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ghost town ⓘ submerged settlement ⓘ |
| associatedWithInfrastructure | Everett Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
displacement of rural New England communities
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flood control and land acquisition by federal government ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| currentCondition | largely underwater during high pool levels ⓘ |
| currentUseOfArea | flood storage area managed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ |
| event | village flooded and abandoned after completion of Everett Dam ⓘ |
| floodedBy | Everett Dam reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSettlementOf | Town of Weare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedByBeforeAbandonment | Town government of Weare, New Hampshire ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | East Weare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause | flood-control project on the Piscataquog River ⓘ |
| hasFormerFunction |
local service center for eastern Weare
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residential community ⓘ |
| hasGeographicCharacteristic | situated in a valley suitable for reservoir storage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | example of mid-20th-century community relocation for flood control ⓘ |
| hasName | East Weare Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRemnants | foundations and road traces visible at low water levels ⓘ |
| heritageType | lost community ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | displacement of residents for dam and reservoir construction ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
NERFINISHED
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Weare, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | State of New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProjectAreaOf | Hopkinton-Everett Lakes flood control project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Everett Lake flood storage area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRiverBasin | Piscataquog River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Piscataquog River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Concord, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Manchester, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWithin | Everett Lake flood control area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a New Hampshire village intentionally flooded for a federal dam project ⓘ |
| partOf | rural communities of southern New Hampshire ⓘ |
| partOfHistoryOf |
Weare, New Hampshire
NERFINISHED
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flood control development in New Hampshire ⓘ |
| reasonForAbandonment | construction of Everett Dam ⓘ |
| status |
abandoned
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inundated ⓘ |
| submergedBy | Everett Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfLoss | inundation due to reservoir creation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam) Description of subject: East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam) was a former settlement in Weare, New Hampshire that was flooded and abandoned following the construction of Everett Dam.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Weare, New Hampshire, United States
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hasHistoricStructure
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East Weare Village (submerged by Everett Dam)
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subject surface form:
Weare, New Hampshire