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As ENR markes its 125th anniversary
in 1999, we will present pages that look back at construction
milestones over those many years. Each week, readers can relive
the projects, people and issues that built our industry and
changed our world, through words and images taken directly from
ENR and other archives. Major projects such as Eads Bridge and
Hoosac Tunnel (see below) highlighted ENR's first years. But
those early issues also cover less well-known developments,
from costs in the "iron trade" to the "novel
method" of suspension bridge design, that also changed
construction forever. George H. Frost, editor of enr's predecessor
publication, closed out his first issue in 1874 with a promise
that resonates today: "It is our purpose to present only
such information to our readers as can be strictly relied on."
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CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES
(From
1999 issues of ENR)
- January 4, 1999 Issue
- 1874 Eads Bridge has many 'firsts'
- 1875 Record tunnel is on the mark
- January 11, 1999 Issue
- 1879 Taming the Mississippi
- Infrastructure Booms in 1870s
- January 18, 1999 Issue
- 1883 Brooklyn Bridge's 1,595.5-ft Span Breaks All the World Records
- January 25, 1999 Issue
- 1886 Liberty Rises
- 1890 The Glorious Forth
- February 1, 1999 Issue
- 1902 Concrete Tower Scrapes Skies
- February 8, 1999 Issue
- 1908 Hudson River Rail Tunnel Plagued by Delays
- 1913 Los Angeles Goes Far for Water
- February 15, 1999 Issue
- 1910 Buffalo Bill Dam Sets Standard for High Arches
- 1913 The Country's First Real Skyscraper
- February 22, 1999 Issue
- 1914 Huge Panama Canal Is Carved Out of the Jungle
- March 1, 1999 Issue
- 1915 Tunckhannock Viaduct Is the Largest Concrete Bridge
- March 8, 1999 Issue
- 1916 Record Quebec Bridge was Tough Going
- March 15, 1999 Issue
- 1917 Hell Gate Bridge's Fame Belies Its Name
- March 22, 1999 Issue
- 1923 Ohio Shows Nation How to Fight Big Flood
- April 5, 1999 Issue
- 1927: Holland Tunnel Is Long Breath of Fresh Air
- April 19, 1999 Issue
- 1930: Detroit Sets Standard
- 1931: Empire State Stands Tallest for Decades
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April 26, 1999 Issue
- 1931 Hudson River Span Sets Records
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May 10, 1999 Issue
- 1936: Hoover Dam Tames the Colorado and Lifts Nation's Mood
- May 24, 1999 Issue
- Golden Gate Grabs Suspension Record
- May 31, 1999 Issue
- 1941: Grand Coulee Dam Starts Small to Become a Giant
- June 14, 1999 Issue
- 1944: Allied Military Engineers Lead Their Own D-Day Assault
- June 28, 1999 Issue
- 1950: Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Was Almost a Bridge
- July 12, 1999 Issue
- 1964: Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Closes Gap
- August 2, 1999 Issue
- Aswan Dam Impact Felt Beyond Egypt
- August 16, 1999 Issue
- 1973: World Trade Center Is Dynamic Duo of Height
- September 6, 1999 Issue
- 1977: Pipeline Conctractors Battle Alaska's Frozen Tundra
- September 20, 1999 Issue
- 1980: Alps Don't Yield Easily to Record St. Gotthard Tunnel
- October 4, 1999 Issue
- 1986: Concrete barriers repel North Sea storms from Holland
- October 25, 1999 Issue
- 1986: New York Carves River Site for Huge Wastewater Plant
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November 8, 1999 Issue
- 1991: $18-billion Itaipu Dam sets new hydroelectric records
- November 11-29, 1999 Issue
- 1994: Chunnel Establishes Rail Link from Britain to France
- December 6, 1999 Issue
- 1997: Malaysian Twin Towers Aspire to World's Tallest Ranking
- December 20, 1999 Issue
- 1999: World's Longest Cable- Stayed Bridge Opens in Japan
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