fbpx

The "Great Factory" at Dover, New Hampshire : The Dover Manufacturing Co. Print Works, 1825

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1975

GUSN

GUSN-169844

You can find this within

Browse Collection

Description

Three corporations between 1820 and 1825 erected or consolidated a number of cotton mills with large print works. This was in order to introduce mechanical calico printing into New England. This article focuses on one of the factories, built by the Dover Manufacturing Company.

Details

Descriptive Terms

industrial buildings

Additional Identification Number

Article ID 225

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1975.066.241.003

Abstract

Three corporations between 1820 and 1825 erected or consolidated a number of cotton mills with large print works. This was in order to introduce mechanical calico printing into New England. This article focuses on one of the factories, built by the Dover Manufacturing Company.

Date Notes

Volume 66, Number 241 (Summer/Fall, 1975)

Full Article

PDF

Record Details

Originator

Richard Candee (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1975). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].