Methods whose primary historical significance is infrastructure and the movement of water or goods at civil scale. Belongs here: canal irrigation and canal lock engineering as water-management and inland-navigation methods, and containerization as the standardized-freight method that reshaped global infrastructure and logistics. Does not belong here: factory-floor manufacturing methods, grouped under Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.
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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: Civil engineering
WikipediaHistory, As a profession, 1747 first institutionQuote, History, As a profession, 1747 first institution
In 1747, the first institution for the teaching of civil engineering, the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, was established in France
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