British Waterways

Summary

British Waterways is a government agency^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• British Waterways is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• British Waterways's instance of is recorded as government agency^[4].
• British Waterways's instance of is recorded as navigation authority^[5].
• British Waterways's owned by is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom^[6].
• British Waterways's headquarters location is recorded as Watford^[7].
• British Waterways's ISNI is recorded as 0000000084903629^[8].
• British Waterways's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 122447136^[9].
• British Waterways's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr99019247^[10].
• British Waterways's Commons category is recorded as British Waterways^[11].
• British Waterways's industry is recorded as waterway^[12].
• +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Waterways^[13].
• British Waterways was dissolved in +2012-07-02T00:00:00Z^[14].
• British Waterways's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0q4qs^[15].
• British Waterways's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3286230A^[16].
• British Waterways's parent organization or unit is recorded as Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs^[17].
• British Waterways's replaces is recorded as British Transport Commission^[18].
• British Waterways's replaced by is recorded as Canal & River Trust^[19].
• British Waterways's replaced by is recorded as Scottish Canals^[20].
• British Waterways's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'British Waterways Board'}^[21].
• British Waterways's BBC Things ID is recorded as d0bd07e3-2973-44bd-9de1-793c50b32c28^[22].
• British Waterways's operating area is recorded as Great Britain^[23].
• British Waterways's Quora topic ID is recorded as British-Waterways^[24].
• British Waterways's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 16472^[25].
• British Waterways's WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID is recorded as scottish_canals^[26].
• British Waterways's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/50c2785c-14af-4210-a10e-f9cdfa407df0^[27].

Body

Founding

+1963-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Waterways^[13].

Identity

British Waterways's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'it Board'}^[21].

Operations

British Waterways's headquarters location is recorded as Watford^[7]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs^[17].

Industry

British Waterways's industry is recorded as waterway^[12].

Ownership

British Waterways's owned by is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom^[6].

Dissolution

British Waterways was dissolved in +2012-07-02T00:00:00Z^[14].

Why It Matters

British Waterways ranks in the top 5% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]