Worcester and Birmingham Canal
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The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is an English inland waterway linking the city of Worcester to Birmingham, historically important for industrial transport and now popular for leisure boating.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wast Hills branch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal | 1 |
| Worcester and Birmingham Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11471599 — 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: Worcester and Birmingham Canal Context triple: [Birmingham Canal Navigations, connectsTo, Worcester and Birmingham Canal]
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A.
Warwick and Birmingham Canal
The Warwick and Birmingham Canal was a historic English waterway linking Birmingham to Warwick, later incorporated into the Grand Union Canal network.
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B.
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is an 18th-century English inland waterway that forms a key link between the River Severn and the Midlands canal network.
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C.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal that forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, linking Birmingham with Fazeley and connecting to wider Midlands waterways.
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D.
Birmingham Canal
The Birmingham Canal is a historic waterway in England that formed the core of Birmingham’s industrial canal network, linking the city to major trade routes during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a historic English waterway that forms a key part of the route between the Midlands and the northwest, now incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal network.
- 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: Worcester and Birmingham Canal Target entity description: The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is an English inland waterway linking the city of Worcester to Birmingham, historically important for industrial transport and now popular for leisure boating.
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A.
Warwick and Birmingham Canal
The Warwick and Birmingham Canal was a historic English waterway linking Birmingham to Warwick, later incorporated into the Grand Union Canal network.
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B.
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is an 18th-century English inland waterway that forms a key link between the River Severn and the Midlands canal network.
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C.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal that forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, linking Birmingham with Fazeley and connecting to wider Midlands waterways.
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D.
Birmingham Canal
The Birmingham Canal is a historic waterway in England that formed the core of Birmingham’s industrial canal network, linking the city to major trade routes during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a historic English waterway that forms a key part of the route between the Midlands and the northwest, now incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
inland waterway ⓘ |
| connects |
Birmingham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Birmingham Canal Navigations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Droitwich Canals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1790 ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentUse |
leisure boating
ⓘ
recreational navigation ⓘ |
| engineer |
John Snape
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Woodhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Cartwright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gauge | narrow ⓘ |
| hasJunction | Kings Norton Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLock | Tardebigge Locks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLockFlight | Tardebigge flight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Edgbaston Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTunnel |
Shortwood Tunnel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tardebigge Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Wast Hills Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UK industrial heritage ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
facilitated coal and goods transport
ⓘ
served Birmingham’s industrial districts ⓘ |
| historicalUse | industrial transport ⓘ |
| joins | River Severn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinsAt | Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 30 miles
ⓘ
approximately 48 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| managedBy | Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumBoatBeam | narrowboat ⓘ |
| numberOfLocks | 58 ⓘ |
| opened | 1815 ⓘ |
| partOf | British canal network ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Alvechurch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bromsgrove NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Birmingham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| terminusA | Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminusB | Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
angling
ⓘ
cycling ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| waterwayType | narrow canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Worcester and Birmingham Canal Description of subject: The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is an English inland waterway linking the city of Worcester to Birmingham, historically important for industrial transport and now popular for leisure boating.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wast Hills branch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal