Gorton Reservoirs
E717698
Gorton Reservoirs are a series of former drinking water reservoirs in Gorton, Manchester, historically built to supply the city’s growing industrial population.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gorton Reservoirs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7943984 — 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: Gorton Reservoirs Context triple: [Gorton, hasReservoir, Gorton Reservoirs]
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A.
Loganlea Reservoir
Loganlea Reservoir is a man-made freshwater reservoir in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Scotland, popular for walking, angling, and scenic outdoor recreation.
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B.
Kangaroo Creek Reservoir
Kangaroo Creek Reservoir is a major water storage and flood mitigation dam on the River Torrens in South Australia, supplying drinking water and recreational opportunities to the Adelaide region.
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C.
Victoria Reservoir
Victoria Reservoir is a major hydroelectric and irrigation reservoir in central Sri Lanka, created by the Victoria Dam on the Mahaweli River.
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D.
Gerle Creek Reservoir
Gerle Creek Reservoir is a small mountain lake in California’s Sierra Nevada popular for camping, fishing, and other outdoor recreation within the Crystal Basin area.
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E.
Blowering Reservoir
Blowering Reservoir is a major water storage and hydroelectric facility on the Tumut River in New South Wales, Australia, used for irrigation, power generation, and flood mitigation.
- 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: Gorton Reservoirs Target entity description: Gorton Reservoirs are a series of former drinking water reservoirs in Gorton, Manchester, historically built to supply the city’s growing industrial population.
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A.
Loganlea Reservoir
Loganlea Reservoir is a man-made freshwater reservoir in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Scotland, popular for walking, angling, and scenic outdoor recreation.
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B.
Kangaroo Creek Reservoir
Kangaroo Creek Reservoir is a major water storage and flood mitigation dam on the River Torrens in South Australia, supplying drinking water and recreational opportunities to the Adelaide region.
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C.
Victoria Reservoir
Victoria Reservoir is a major hydroelectric and irrigation reservoir in central Sri Lanka, created by the Victoria Dam on the Mahaweli River.
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D.
Gerle Creek Reservoir
Gerle Creek Reservoir is a small mountain lake in California’s Sierra Nevada popular for camping, fishing, and other outdoor recreation within the Crystal Basin area.
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E.
Blowering Reservoir
Blowering Reservoir is a major water storage and hydroelectric facility on the Tumut River in New South Wales, Australia, used for irrigation, power generation, and flood mitigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former drinking water supply
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reservoir ⓘ reservoir complex ⓘ |
| basinCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Manchester
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Former water supply infrastructure in England ⓘ Reservoirs in Greater Manchester ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | earth embankment ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentStatus |
no longer used for potable water
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partly used for recreation ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | lowland ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | approximate ⓘ |
| hasDam | embankment dam ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Lower Gorton Reservoir
NERFINISHED
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Upper Gorton Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gorton
NERFINISHED
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Manchester ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | City of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCounty | Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Greater Manchester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North West England ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| locatedInUrbanArea | Gorton urban district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Belle Vue, Manchester
NERFINISHED
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Debdale Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorton Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyde Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | historically Manchester Corporation ⓘ |
| originalFunction | drinking water storage ⓘ |
| partOf | Manchester water supply system ⓘ |
| serves |
Manchester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding industrial districts ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
construction to supply Manchester’s industrial population
ⓘ
decommissioning as primary drinking water source ⓘ |
| use |
amenity lake
ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ public water supply ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | impounding reservoir ⓘ |
| watercourse | Gore Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gorton Reservoirs Description of subject: Gorton Reservoirs are a series of former drinking water reservoirs in Gorton, Manchester, historically built to supply the city’s growing industrial population.
Referenced by (1)
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