other Highlights 1927 Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River opens in New York City beTTmann/corbIs 1928 Boring the New Cascade Tunnel in Washington, the longest railroad tunnel in the U.S. Under construction in 1926, the Gannett Fleming-designed Caneadea Dam in Western New York was, at the time, the highest arch dam ever built east of the Rockies. underwood & underwood/corbIs (Photo courtesy of Gannett Fleming) 1929 Stock market crash AICE members such as Daniel Mead, founder of Mead & Hunt, were active in the early promotion of consulting engineers on major projects. Mead (sidewalk, far right) is shown in this 1929 photo of an advisory committee for construction of the Hoover Dam. Orville Wright (second row, third from left) was also a member of the committee. (Photo courtesy of Mead & Hunt) PHoTo by mPI/GeTTy ImaGes ACEC Turns 100 MaRCh / apRIl 2009 ENGINEERING INC. 9