In this selection of construction history from the ENR archives, a look at the successful rush to build in the middle of World War II what at the time was the world's largest office building.
During his first year as ENR editor-in-chief, Arthur J. Fox decided to have the magazine each year recognize the individuals who have made significant contributions to the construction industry.
This 1930 cover image depicts a group of four barge-mounted derricks using 100-ft-long booms to carefully place an assembly of pipes in a trench at the bottom of the Harlem River, which separates the northern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City from Bronx County.
This 1926 cover shows a wooden stave pipe under construction in northern California. The 16-ft-dia, 1,318-ft-long conduit connected two concrete-lined tunnels at a hydroelectric plant on the Klamath River.
This 1919 cover shows dozens of workers erecting wooden forms for various concrete pours for segments of Dry Dock No. 4 at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia.
This 1927 cover depicts the tallest timber bridge in the world. Standing 204.5 ft high and 893 ft long, it was part of a rail line that hauled logs for the Pacific States Lumber Co. from its mill at Selleck, Wash., to Tacoma.