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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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