New York City annexed the Bronx. Patents were issued for iconic blue jeans and incandescent lamps. Herbert Hoover, Gertrude Stein and Winston Churchill were born. Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the U.S., died. Eads Bridge, the world’s first large-scale steel crossing, opened in St. Louis. The California State Capitol wrapped up construction.
Among these notable milestones in 1874, came another near and dear to all of us at ENR. It was the year George H. Frost founded Engineer & Surveyor. The following year, the journal’s name was changed to Engineering News, and in 1911, it was sold to the Hill Publishing Co.
