This dimension credits whoever first put a new kind of transport infrastructure into working use. A train station, Wikipedia notes, "generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such ancillary services as ticket sales, waiting rooms, and baggage/freight service," a shape a small number of early builders established before it became the norm. Browsing by pioneer highlights the person who proved a design worked before it was copied everywhere.
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1. Wikipedia: Tunnel of Eupalinos
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The tunnel was dug in the mid-6th century BC, by two groups working under the direction of the engineer Eupalinos from Megara, in order to supply the ancient capital of Samos (today called Pythagoreion) with fresh water.
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