Weirton Steel Corporation
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Weirton Steel Corporation was a prominent American steel manufacturer that played a central role in the industrial and economic life of Weirton, West Virginia throughout much of the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weirton Steel Corporation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11453254 — 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.
Target entity: Weirton Steel Corporation Context triple: [Weirton, West Virginia, majorEmployerHistorically, Weirton Steel Corporation]
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A.
National Steel Company
National Steel Company was a major early American steel producer that became part of the conglomerate later known as U.S. Steel.
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B.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation was a major American steel and shipbuilding company that played a pivotal role in U.S. industrialization and wartime production throughout the 20th century.
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C.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation was a major American steel manufacturer that became historically significant as the company at the center of the landmark 1937 Supreme Court case NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., which upheld federal power to regulate labor relations.
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D.
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company was a major early 20th-century American steel manufacturer that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. iron and steel industry.
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E.
Lorain Steel Company
Lorain Steel Company was an American steel manufacturer known for operating major steelworks in Lorain, Ohio, that contributed to the region’s industrial growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Weirton Steel Corporation Target entity description: Weirton Steel Corporation was a prominent American steel manufacturer that played a central role in the industrial and economic life of Weirton, West Virginia throughout much of the 20th century.
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A.
National Steel Company
National Steel Company was a major early American steel producer that became part of the conglomerate later known as U.S. Steel.
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B.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation was a major American steel and shipbuilding company that played a pivotal role in U.S. industrialization and wartime production throughout the 20th century.
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C.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation was a major American steel manufacturer that became historically significant as the company at the center of the landmark 1937 Supreme Court case NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., which upheld federal power to regulate labor relations.
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D.
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company was a major early 20th-century American steel manufacturer that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. iron and steel industry.
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E.
Lorain Steel Company
Lorain Steel Company was an American steel manufacturer known for operating major steelworks in Lorain, Ohio, that contributed to the region’s industrial growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
manufacturing company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ steel company ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| economyOfTopic | Weirton, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerOf |
steelworkers
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unionized labor ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ernest T. Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
industrial development in the Ohio Valley
ⓘ
local economy of Weirton, West Virginia ⓘ population trends in Weirton, West Virginia ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
blast furnaces
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coke ovens ⓘ rolling mills ⓘ tin mills ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Weirton, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | industrial heritage of Weirton, West Virginia ⓘ |
| inception | 1909 ⓘ |
| industry | steel industry ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Hancock County, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Steel Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
coal
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iron ore ⓘ limestone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ernest T. Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
central role in economic life of Weirton, West Virginia
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role in 20th-century American steel production ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American steel industry consolidation
ⓘ
labor–management relations in U.S. steel industry ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Steel Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Weirton steel mill complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product | steel ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | National Steel Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
bankruptcy filing
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employee buyout ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Ohio River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Weirton, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1909 ⓘ |
| transportUsed |
rail transport
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river barge transport ⓘ |
| usedFor |
sheet steel production
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steel finishing ⓘ tin plate production ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Weirton Steel Corporation Description of subject: Weirton Steel Corporation was a prominent American steel manufacturer that played a central role in the industrial and economic life of Weirton, West Virginia throughout much of the 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.