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This dimension links an engineered system to the branch of engineering that designed it. Wikipedia describes the Hoover Dam as "a concrete arch-gravity dam," a structure squarely within civil engineering rather than mechanical or electrical design. Browsing by field groups systems built by the same branch of engineering.

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Main Engineering Branch
Electrical Engineering 1
Field Founding Era
19 2
Field
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplines
Quote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
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2. Wikipedia: Electrical engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, emergence as an occupation
Quote, 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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