Whalley Viaduct
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Whalley Viaduct is a historic multi-arched railway bridge in Lancashire, England, notable for carrying the railway across the River Calder near the village of Whalley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Whalley Viaduct canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7810596 — 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: Whalley Viaduct Context triple: [Whalley, hasStructure, Whalley Viaduct]
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A.
Tinsley Viaduct
Tinsley Viaduct is a two-tier steel box-girder road bridge near Sheffield, England, notable for carrying the M1 motorway and local traffic across the Don Valley and adjacent waterways.
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B.
Junction Road Viaduct
Junction Road Viaduct is a notable railway viaduct in East Sussex, England, carrying the Tonbridge–Hastings line across the River Ouse and surrounding countryside.
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C.
Lechmere Viaduct
Lechmere Viaduct is a historic concrete arch bridge in Boston that carries MBTA Green Line trains across the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge.
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D.
Calder Viaduct
Calder Viaduct is a historic railway viaduct in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, carrying tracks over the South Calder Water.
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E.
Medway Viaducts
Medway Viaducts are a set of major bridges in Kent, England, carrying road and high-speed rail traffic across the River Medway as part of key national transport routes.
- 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: Whalley Viaduct Target entity description: Whalley Viaduct is a historic multi-arched railway bridge in Lancashire, England, notable for carrying the railway across the River Calder near the village of Whalley.
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A.
Tinsley Viaduct
Tinsley Viaduct is a two-tier steel box-girder road bridge near Sheffield, England, notable for carrying the M1 motorway and local traffic across the Don Valley and adjacent waterways.
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B.
Junction Road Viaduct
Junction Road Viaduct is a notable railway viaduct in East Sussex, England, carrying the Tonbridge–Hastings line across the River Ouse and surrounding countryside.
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C.
Lechmere Viaduct
Lechmere Viaduct is a historic concrete arch bridge in Boston that carries MBTA Green Line trains across the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge.
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D.
Calder Viaduct
Calder Viaduct is a historic railway viaduct in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, carrying tracks over the South Calder Water.
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E.
Medway Viaducts
Medway Viaducts are a set of major bridges in Kent, England, carrying road and high-speed rail traffic across the River Medway as part of key national transport routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch bridge
ⓘ
listed building ⓘ railway viaduct ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Whalley Arches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Victorian railway architecture ⓘ |
| builtFor | Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carried | Blackburn–Clitheroe railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1850 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1846 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses | River Calder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesNear | Whalley village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentlyUsedBy |
freight trains
ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ |
| designedFor | steam railway traffic ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | protected structure ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
masonry viaduct
ⓘ
multi-span viaduct ⓘ |
| hasTransportMode | railway ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade II* listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOnLine | Blackburn to Clitheroe Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeArea | Borough of Ribble Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Whalley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Network Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historic railway engineering
ⓘ
length ⓘ number of arches ⓘ |
| numberOfArches | 48 ⓘ |
| opened | 1850 ⓘ |
| owner | Network Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | railway infrastructure in Lancashire ⓘ |
| passesOver | River Calder valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ribble Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| usedFor | rail transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Whalley Viaduct Description of subject: Whalley Viaduct is a historic multi-arched railway bridge in Lancashire, England, notable for carrying the railway across the River Calder near the village of Whalley.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.