Associated with names the organization actually responsible for building an engineered system. Wikipedia notes "the winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium named Six Companies, Inc., which began construction" on the Hoover Dam in 1931. This dimension connects a system to the organization credited with actually building it.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Electrical engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, emergence as an occupationQuote, Introduction, emergence as an occupation
It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the latter half of the 19th century after the commercialization of the electric telegraph.
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