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This dimension groups transport figures by the role they actually performed, such as engineer, inventor or founder. One well documented example is the civil engineer, defined by Wikipedia as practicing "the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health." Browsing by role separates the people who designed transport systems from those who financed, operated or championed them.

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Era of Emergence
1916 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: William Boeing
WikipediaWilliam Boeing, founding of Pacific Aero Products
Quote, William Boeing, founding of Pacific Aero Products
In 1916, Boeing went into business with George Conrad Westervelt as "B & W" and founded Pacific Aero Products Co.
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