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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1. Wikipedia: John Loudon McAdam
WikipediaJohn Loudon McAdam, Bristol Turnpike Trust appointmentQuote, John Loudon McAdam, Bristol Turnpike Trust appointment
McAdam had also been appointed surveyor to the Bristol Turnpike Trust in 1816, where he decided to remake the roads under his care with crushed stone bound with gravel on a firm base of large stones.
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