Shannon River headrace canal
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The Shannon River headrace canal is an engineered waterway in Ireland that diverts flow from the River Shannon to supply the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shannon River headrace canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6449633 — 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: Shannon River headrace canal Context triple: [Ardnacrusha power station, uses, Shannon River headrace canal]
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A.
Canning Dam
Canning Dam is a major water supply reservoir and dam in Western Australia that provides drinking water to the Perth metropolitan area.
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B.
Victoria Dam
Victoria Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Sri Lanka, forming part of the Mahaweli Development Programme and creating the Victoria Reservoir on the Mahaweli River.
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C.
Meadowbank Dam
Meadowbank Dam is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Derwent River in Tasmania, Australia, forming Meadowbank Lake and contributing to the region’s power generation.
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D.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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E.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
- 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: Shannon River headrace canal Target entity description: The Shannon River headrace canal is an engineered waterway in Ireland that diverts flow from the River Shannon to supply the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station.
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A.
Canning Dam
Canning Dam is a major water supply reservoir and dam in Western Australia that provides drinking water to the Perth metropolitan area.
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B.
Victoria Dam
Victoria Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Sri Lanka, forming part of the Mahaweli Development Programme and creating the Victoria Reservoir on the Mahaweli River.
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C.
Meadowbank Dam
Meadowbank Dam is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Derwent River in Tasmania, Australia, forming Meadowbank Lake and contributing to the region’s power generation.
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D.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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E.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
engineered waterway ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1925 ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | Ardnacrusha hydroelectric scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divertsWaterFrom | River Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endPoint | Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsInto | tailrace of Ardnacrusha power station ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Parteen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringDiscipline |
civil engineering
ⓘ
hydraulic engineering ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
flow regulation
ⓘ
water diversion ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructureType | hydroelectric infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEnergySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| hasUseRestriction | not used for general navigation ⓘ |
| hasWaterSource | Lough Derg via River Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isArtificial | true ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Parteen Villa Weir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shannon Scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMajorComponentOf | national electricity infrastructure of Ireland ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf | Ardnacrusha tailrace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Clare
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County Limerick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ardnacrusha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Limerick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | River Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| operator | Electricity Supply Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Electricity Supply Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shannon River system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shannon hydroelectric scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | hydroelectric power generation ⓘ |
| region | Mid-West Region, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startPoint | Parteen Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo | Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use | power station cooling and operation ⓘ |
| watercourse | River Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shannon River headrace canal Description of subject: The Shannon River headrace canal is an engineered waterway in Ireland that diverts flow from the River Shannon to supply the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.