Lithograph

Title:

Lower Bridge and Factories, Dover, N.H.

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

2018.027

Creator:

Edwards, Thomas (1795-1869)Artist; Senefelder Lithographic CompanyLithographer

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1828-1830

Description:

Lithograph, Lower Bridge and Factories, Dover, N.H. Black ink on paper. Horizontal rectangle. Image of large factory buildings on Cocheco River; three people and two barrels in foreground; five geese on river at right. Titled below image, "LOWER BRIDGE AND FACTORIES, DOVER, N.H." In mahogany veneered frame.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13 W-16.5 inches

Provenance:

The first textile mill in Dover, NH, the Dover Cotton Factory was chartered in 1812 at a site on the Cocheco River and was known as the "upper factory". The Dover Manufacturing Company, a cotton manufacturer, then built a mill in 1821 on the Cocheco River. Further expansion occurred at the lower falls in the early 1820s and again in 1825 when a calico printing works was included. In 1823-1824 the mills were renamed the Dover Manufacturing Company. In 1827 the print works was incorporated as a separate enterprise and became part of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company, which had purchased the Dover Manufacturing Company. By the 1870s, its print works produced 25,000,000 yards of printed cloth yearly. In 1909, it was acquired by the Pacific Mills and became the Cocheco Division of that company.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase